Apparatus for safe use and disposal of needles

Details Apparatus for safe use and disposal of needles Apparatus for safe use and disposal of needles

1988-08-12

1990-05-22

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604171, 604198, 128919, A61M 518

Patent

active

049274155

ABSTRACT:
The disclosure is directed to an apparatus for preventing needle pricks and for safely disposing used intravenous needles. The apparatus comprises a longitudinal body, having first and second ends, an entry and closure mechanism on the first end and an aperture on the second end of the longitudinal body, and a pulling structure which passes through the interior and both ends of the longitudinal body. The pulling structure is attachable to an intravenous needle. The other end of the pulling structure may be attached to a syringe or blood-drawing device. A user pulls on the pulling structure to draw the intravenous needle into the longitudinal body after use. The entry and closure mechanism prevents the needle from exiting the longitudinal body after it becomes disposed within the longitudinal body. The longitudinal body, containing the needle within, can then be disposed of.

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