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SYRINGE DISPOSAL DEVICE

  • US 20090255838A1
  • Filed: 04/14/2008
  • Published: 10/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A syringe disposal device for a single syringe having an elongate body with a needle at one end and a finger engageable flange at its other end, said device comprising an elongate enclosed sheath having a closed tip at one end and a syringe body receiving opening at the other end, wherein a syringe retaining means is located adjacent said opening and comprises at least one inclined sloping surface each of which has a frangible portion rupturable by said syringe flange passing said surface to convert each said sloping surface into a cantilevered strip. The device as defined in claim 1 and having a pair of opposed, mutually inclined said sloping surfaces, said rupturable portions being ruptured by said syringe flange passing between said pair of surfaces.

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