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Safety hood for hypodermic needles

  • US 5,312,369 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1993
  • Issued: 05/17/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A safety hood for hypodermic needles, comprising an elongated body having a U-shaped cross-section formed to surround and enclose a needle and two ends spaced from one another in a direction of elongation, one of said ends being closed;

  • means for preventing undesired withdrawal of a needle from said hood, provided in said body; and

    a pivot member provided on another of said ends, said pivot member being connected to said body and connectable to the needle and including a springy flip-flop element formed so that said body can be turned in a direction transverse to its direction of elongation between a first position in which said body surrounds and closes the needle and a second position in which said body is turned away from the needle and exposes the needle, said pivot member having a first solid portion and a second portion having lateral arms and a central angular arm which together form a flip-flop spring with said arms resiliently joined to said solid portion.

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