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Needle protector devices and assemblies

  • US 6,379,332 B1
  • Filed: 09/30/1999
  • Issued: 04/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A needle protector device for protecting a tip of a needle, wherein the needle protector device comprises:

  • resilient locking means for locking with a hub of a catheter;

    first and second catch members engageable with one another to retain said locking means in engagement with said hub;

    trigger means, said trigger means being arranged to engage a needle such that said trigger means is displaced from a first position when said needle projects into said catheter to a second position when said needle is withdrawn from said catheter, and wherein said trigger means is arranged to cooperate with said catch members such that said catch members are retained in engagement with one another when said trigger means is in said first position and can disengage from one another when said trigger means is in said second position.

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