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Disposable self-shielding hypodermic syringe

  • US 5,501,672 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1994
  • Issued: 03/26/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A butterfly wing IV catheter comprising a body member having laterally extending tabs to help hold the catheter in place for an extended period of time, the body member having an opening therethrough and a slot in a wall of the body member having first and second spaced pockets, anda slide member configured to fit and slide within the opening in the body member and comprising a needle and a hollow fitting to which flexible tubing can be attached, the slider member including a boss adapted to fit into the first and second pockets of the body member to define respective extended and retracted positions of the needle, and wherein when the needle is retracted the hollow fitting extends outwardly from the opening in the body member and wherein when the needle is extended the hollow fitting is adapted to pull flexible tubing into an end of the opening of the body member.

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