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Needle handling apparatus and methods

  • US 5,637,099 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1994
  • Issued: 06/10/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for safely handling a needle while removing the needle from a substrate, the apparatus having a distal end and a proximal end and comprising:

  • a body defining an interior thereof;

    a cap member defining an interior and an opening therein to access the interior of the cap member, the cap member being connected to and being distal to the body; and

    a basin-shaped member having a rim connected to the body, the basin-shaped member defining a self-closing passageway and the rim being disposed within the interior of the body intermediate the cap member and the proximal end of the apparatus, the basin-shaped member having an apical end facing the distal end of the apparatus, the basin-shaped member having a plurality of non-overlapping, side by side flexible fingers, the fingers each including a free end at the apical end of the basin-shaped member, the free ends defining an opening through the basin-shaped member when the fingers are in a relaxed state, the basin-shaped member defining a one way passageway for the needle, the fingers each extending from the rim of the basin-shaped member to the free end, the fingers defining a dome shape.

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