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Huber needle with safety sheath

  • US 9,713,673 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2013
  • Issued: 07/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A safety needle assembly comprising:

  • a cap;

    a housing movable relative to the cap from a first position adjacent the cap to an extended second position spaced from the cap;

    a hollow needle having a proximal end and a distal end extending along a common axis, the proximal end secured in and extending from the housing;

    a line for supplying a fluid to the safety needle assembly extending perpendicular to the axis; and

    a continuous film sheath concentrically disposed about the needle in a collapsed state with the housing in the first position, the sheath secured to both the cap and the housing, the sheath extendable from the collapsed state to an extended state in response to movement of the housing from the first position to the second position, the sheath having a frusto-conical shape.

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