Electrical needle destruction device with sterilizable assembly

Details Electrical needle destruction device with sterilizable assembly Electrical needle destruction device with sterilizable assembly

1989-11-21

1992-08-11

Evans, Geoffrey S.

Electric heating

Metal heating

Cutting or disintegrating

83944, B23K 1122

Patent

active

051381257

ABSTRACT:
A needle destruction device which prevents reuse of used needles and includes a pivotable removable and autoclavable needle receiver mounted on a receptacle. The receptacle contains a pair of electrodes through which current passes when a needle is placed across them and is destroyed. The receiver has a needle hub grasping plunger which grips the needle hub while the syringe is unscrewed therefrom. After separation of the needle hub from the syringe, the hub fails into a drawer inside the receptacle. The receiver is removable for serialization and is replaceable upon the receptacle.

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patent: 4628169 (1986-12-01), Ch'ing-Lung
patent: 4877934 (1989-10-01), Spinello
patent: 4915698 (1990-04-01), Levenson

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