Medical needle and needle sheath assembly
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1. In a medical needle and needle sheath assembly, in combination;
- a core clip element supporting a double-ended medical needle with exposed tips;
a sheath sub-assembly attached to said clip element in surrounding relation to a portion of said double-ended medical needle and having a retracted condition and an extended condition;
a multiplicity of cooperating sheath elements nested with respect to each other in said sub-assembly retracted condition and non-nested with respect to each other in said sub-assembly extended condition;
compression spring means urging said sheath sub-assembly to said sub-assembly extended condition when compressed; and
releasable latch means securing said sheath sub-assembly to said clip element in said sheath sub-assembly retracted condition, said latch means being released by rotation relative to said clip element to cause said sheath sub-assembly to assume said sub-assembly extended condition by the action of said compression spring means.
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Abstract
A medical needle and needle sheath assembly is provided with a sub-assembly of sheath elements that may be actuated from a retracted nested condition to an extended non-nested condition to both surround and extend beyond the medical needle element to provide protection to the medical practitioner using the assembly. A blocker element contained within the sheath sub-assembly provides additional protection against inadvertent injury to the medical practitioner when the sheath sub-assembly is in its extended condition, and further provides an obvious indication of the sheath sub-assembly retracted and extended states.
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1. In a medical needle and needle sheath assembly, in combination;
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a core clip element supporting a double-ended medical needle with exposed tips; a sheath sub-assembly attached to said clip element in surrounding relation to a portion of said double-ended medical needle and having a retracted condition and an extended condition; a multiplicity of cooperating sheath elements nested with respect to each other in said sub-assembly retracted condition and non-nested with respect to each other in said sub-assembly extended condition; compression spring means urging said sheath sub-assembly to said sub-assembly extended condition when compressed; and releasable latch means securing said sheath sub-assembly to said clip element in said sheath sub-assembly retracted condition, said latch means being released by rotation relative to said clip element to cause said sheath sub-assembly to assume said sub-assembly extended condition by the action of said compression spring means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A medical needle and needle sheath assembly comprising;
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a clip means supporting a double-ended medical needle with exposed needle tips; at least one needle sheath attached to said clip means in surrounding relation to said medical needle and having a retracted condition prior to actuation and an extended condition subsequent to actuation; compression spring means urging said needle sheath to said sheath extended condition when compressed; latch means releasably securing said needle sheath to said clip means; and spring-urged blocker means movable laterally relative to the longitudinal axis of said medical needle sand having a retracted condition and an extended condition, said blocker means being retained in its retracted condition by said medical needle when said needle sheath is in said needle sheath retracted condition and moved to its extended condition by said compression spring means when said needle sheath is in said needle sheath extended condition due to the action of said compression spring means. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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