Accessing and deaccessing tools and methods
First Claim
1. A tool for assisting in accessing and deaccessing a needle, includingan elongated body having a handle section with a length of 3 inches or more and an enlarged guard section made of a transparent material and having an area of 1.0 square inch or more, said handle section having a marker indicating that a hand of the nurse should be behind said marker, said marker being located to position the hand of the nurse at least 2.5 inches away from the needle during use, and an elongated slot extending from an edge of the guard section into the guard section, terminating at an internal portion of the guard section.
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Abstract
A tool is used to assist in the manual insertion and removal of a needle into a medical device implanted under the skin of a patient. The tool includes an elongated body having a handle section and an enlarged guard section with an elongated slot extending from an edge of the guard section into the guard section, terminating at an internal portion of the guard section. Preferably, the guard section of this tool is transparent, and it has indicia thereon which assist in aligning the tool with the implanted medical device. The guard section may include a depression on its underside which overlies the implanted medical device when the guard is placed in position for accessing or deaccessing the needle.
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43 Claims
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1. A tool for assisting in accessing and deaccessing a needle, including
an elongated body having a handle section with a length of 3 inches or more and an enlarged guard section made of a transparent material and having an area of 1.0 square inch or more, said handle section having a marker indicating that a hand of the nurse should be behind said marker, said marker being located to position the hand of the nurse at least 2.5 inches away from the needle during use, and an elongated slot extending from an edge of the guard section into the guard section, terminating at an internal portion of the guard section.
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17. A tool for accessing and deaccessing a needle used with a medical device of a predetermined configuration and implanted under the skin of a patient, including
an elongated body including a handle section and an enlarged guard section, said guard section having an area of 1.0 square inch or more, an edge, and an underside with a depression having a configuration substantially the same as the configuration of the medical device, so that when the guard section overlies the implanted medical device and is pressed against said implanted medical device, the skin of the patient and at least a portion of the medical device are received in said depression, an elongated slot which extends from the edge of said guard section and terminates in the guard section at in an enlarged open portion through which a needle is inserted when accessing the implanted medical device.
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22. A method for manually removing a needle from a medical device implanted under the skin of a patient, including
grasping with one hand a handle section of a tool having a guard section having an area of 1.00 square inch or more and a slot therein, sliding the slot along the needle to bring the guard section into an overlying relationship with the implanted medical device, maintaining said one hand a minimum distance away from the needle of at least 2.5 inches, and with the other hand withdrawing said needle free of the implanted medical device.
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27. A method for manually inserting a needle into a medical device implanted under the skin of a patient, including
(a) grasping with one hand a tool with a holder section and a handle section, and holding the tool by the handle section and pressing the holder section against the skin overlying the medical device, (b) gripping the needle with the other hand and inserting said needle through said skin into the medical device, and (c) maintaining the one hand a distance of at least 2.5 inches away from the needle as said needle is inserted into the medical device.
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31. A method for manually inserting a needle into a medical device implanted under the skin of a patient, including
(a) grasping with one hand a tool with a transparent holder section with an open section therein providing access to the patient'"'"'s skin through which said needle is passed as said needle is inserted through said skin into the medical device, said guard section having indicia thereon for assisting in aligning the guard section with the implanted medical device, said tool including an elongated body including a handle section and an enlarged guard section, said guard section having a floor made of a transparent material and having an area of from 1.00 square inch to 18 square inches, said floor having a rear end to which the handle section is attached, opposed sides, and a forward edge, an elongated slot which extends from the forward edge rearward towards said handle section and terminates at an end at least 0.5 inches from the forward edge, said slot being substantially at a right angle with respect to the forward edge, with the slot and the handle section being in substantial alignment with each other, both lying along a common longitudinal axis, and said slot having between the forward edge and the end of the slot a n enlarged open portion with an area in excess of 0.0036 square inch through which a needle is inserted when accessing the implanted medical device, said handle section having a marker thereon indicating that a hand of the nurse should be behind said marker, said marker being a distance to position the hand of the nurse at least 2.5 inches away from the needle during use, (b) gripping the needle with the other hand, said other hand being behind the marker, and inserting said needle through said skin into the medical device, and (c) aligning the guard section with the implanted medical device, using the indicia to bring the guard section into an overlying relationship with the implanted medical device with the open section being approximately over the central section of the implanted medical device, and (d) pressing the holder section against the skin overlying the medical device, covering the skin to maintain said one hand a safe distance away from the needle as said needle is inserted into the medical device.
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32. A tool for accessing and deaccessing a needle, including
an elongated body including a handle section and a guard section, said guard section having an area of 1.0 square inches or more, an edge, and an underside with a concave section having a substantially circular rim with a diameter of from {fraction (1/16)} to ½ - inch, and a depth of from {fraction (1/16)} to {fraction (3/16)} inch,
an elongated slot which extends radially outward from the center of the concave section to the edge of said guard section. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
- inch, and a depth of from {fraction (1/16)} to {fraction (3/16)} inch,
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37. A tool for accessing and deaccessing a needle, including
an elongated body including a handle section and a guard section molded from a polymeric material as a unitary structure, said guard section having a substantially circular configuration with a center and an area of 1.0 square inch or more and an underside with a concave section having a center coincident with the center of the guard section and a substantially circular rim with a diameter of from {fraction (1/16)} to ½ - inch, and a depth of from {fraction (1/16)} to {fraction (3/16)} inch, and
an elongated slot which extends radially outward from the center of the concave section to an edge of said guard section. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
- inch, and a depth of from {fraction (1/16)} to {fraction (3/16)} inch, and
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