Safe-disposal container for used hypodermic needles and the like
First Claim
1. Portable and disposable prehensile container for demounting and storing used hypodermic needles and the like for their ultimate disposal, comprising:
- a unitary container shell having an orifice for access of hypodermic needles to its interior;
a flat plate closure member for said orifice which member is mounted in the interior of said container shell beneath said orifice for movement permitting said closure member to be displaced between a first position in which it closes said orifice and a second position in which it leaves said orifice open to the interior of said container shell;
means for displacing said closure member from said first position to said second position by force exerted by a finger of a human hand by which said portable container is firmly held,and means responsive to release of said human hand finger force for displacing said closure member away from said second position and towards said first position and thereby engaging, at least frictionally, a needle protruding through said orifice and thereby facilitating the demounting of said needle from a device on which it was mounted.
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Abstract
A prehensile container is provided for demounting and storing used hypodermic needles and/or surgical blades pending their ultimate disposal. The same hand that holds the container can actuate the closure blade by finger force to clear an orifice for passage of a used hypodermic needle. When the end of the syringe to which the needle is affixed abuts the mouthpiece of the orifice, the finger force can be released to hold the needle between the edge of an aperture of the shutter blade and an edge of the orifice, so that the needle can be separated by withdrawal of the syringe with one hand while holding the container with the other. Another exertion of finger force will let the used needle drop into the container and a second release will restore the closed condition of the container. Internal baffles obstruct the exit of stored needles, to prevent an unauthorized person from extracting a needle from the container by opening the access orifice.
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16 Claims
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1. Portable and disposable prehensile container for demounting and storing used hypodermic needles and the like for their ultimate disposal, comprising:
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a unitary container shell having an orifice for access of hypodermic needles to its interior; a flat plate closure member for said orifice which member is mounted in the interior of said container shell beneath said orifice for movement permitting said closure member to be displaced between a first position in which it closes said orifice and a second position in which it leaves said orifice open to the interior of said container shell; means for displacing said closure member from said first position to said second position by force exerted by a finger of a human hand by which said portable container is firmly held, and means responsive to release of said human hand finger force for displacing said closure member away from said second position and towards said first position and thereby engaging, at least frictionally, a needle protruding through said orifice and thereby facilitating the demounting of said needle from a device on which it was mounted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Portable and disposable prehensile container for demounting and storing detachable intrusive disposable parts of surgical and medical instruments in a manner avoiding contact with the person of attendant personnel, pending the ultimate disposal of the container and the parts stored therein, comprising:
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a unitary container shell having an orifice for access of a said disposable intrusive part of a surgical or medical instrument for storage thereof in the interior of the container; a flat plate closure device for said orifice which device is mounted in the interior of said container shell beneath said orifice and has an actuating control which is displaceable between a first position in which it closes said orifice and a second position in which it leaves said orifice open to the interior of said container shell; means for displacing said actuating control from said first position to said second position by force exerted by a finger of a human hand by which said portable container is firmly held, and means responsive to release of said human hand finger for displacing said actuating control away from said second position and towards said first position for engaging, at least frictionally, said disposable intrusive instrument part protruding through said orifice and thereby facilitating the demounting of said part from an instrument on which it was mounted. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. Portable and disposable prehensile container for demounting and storing used hypodermic needles and the like for their ultimate disposal, comprising:
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a unitary container shell having an orifice for access of hypodermic needles to its interior; a closure device having a plurality of flat blades crossing over each other, pivoted and commonly driven in the pattern of an iris diaphragm closure mounted in the interior of said container shell beneath said orifice and having an actuatable control movable between a first position in which said orifice is closed and a second position in which said orifice is left open to the interior of said container shell means for displacing said actuation control of said closure from said first position to said second position by force exerted by a finger of a human hand by which said portable container is firmly held, and means responsive to the release of said human hand finger force for displacing said actuation means away from said second position and towards said first position and thereby engaging, at least frictionally, a needle protruding through said orifice and thereby facilitating the demounting of said needle from a device on which it was mounted.
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Specification