Safety needle container
First Claim
1. A safety device to be used with a needle having a hub, comprising:
- a base havinga first section including a protrusion and securing means surrounding said protrusion for effecting mating of said protrusion to said hub of said needle;
a second section integrated to said first section extending away from said securing means and having means for mating with an ejection end of a syringe; and
a housing flexibly connected to said base and pivotable toward a position in substantial alignment along the longitudinal axis of said needle for enveloping said needle, said housing further having integral locking means for fixedly retaining said needle within said housing once said housing has been pivoted to said position.
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Abstract
A universal safety adapter which is usable with different types of needles and syringes has integral first and second sections and a housing flexibly connected to one of the sections. In the case of the first section being adaptable to be mated with the hub of a needle assembly, the housing is flexibly connected thereto by way of a living hinge. The needle assembly is threadedly mated with an internally threaded annular collar surrounding a protrusion which is to be coupled to the hub of the needle assembly. The second section of the safety adapter, in a first embodiment, includes a female luer that is adaptable to be mated with different types of syringes, such as a luer slip syringe or a luer lock syringe. Once the needle assembly has been threadedly mated to the first section of the safety adapter, to ensure that the cannula of the needle assembly is not exposed so as to preclude accidental pricking by the needle, the housing is pivoted to a position whereby it completely envelops the cannula. At least one integral retainer mechanism in the housing prevents relative movement between the cannula and the housing once the housing has been pivoted to envelop the cannula. The dead space volume at the junction where the needle is connected to the syringe can be substantially reduced by a second embodiment of the safety adapter of the present invention which includes a male extension within the female luer.
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27 Claims
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1. A safety device to be used with a needle having a hub, comprising:
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a base having a first section including a protrusion and securing means surrounding said protrusion for effecting mating of said protrusion to said hub of said needle; a second section integrated to said first section extending away from said securing means and having means for mating with an ejection end of a syringe; and a housing flexibly connected to said base and pivotable toward a position in substantial alignment along the longitudinal axis of said needle for enveloping said needle, said housing further having integral locking means for fixedly retaining said needle within said housing once said housing has been pivoted to said position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A safety device to be used with a needle, comprising
a base having a first end for mating with said needle and a second end for mating with a syringe; - and
a housing flexibly connected to said first end and pivotable toward a position in substantial alignment along the longitudinal length of said needle for enveloping said needle, said housing further having integral locking means for fixedly retaining said needle within said housing once said housing has been pivoted to said position. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A safety device for a needle, comprising:
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a base having a first section for coupling to a needle having a hub including a male projection for insertion into said hub of said needle, and an internally threaded annular collar surrounding said male projection for detachably coupling said needle via said hub; a second section integrally extending away from said first section including a female receptacle for accepting an ejection end of a syringe; and a housing flexibly connected to said first section of said base and pivotable to a position in substantial alignment along the longitudinal axis of said needle for enveloping said needle, said housing further having integral locking means for preventing relative movement between said needle and said housing once said housing has been pivoted to said position. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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