Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Grapple – Resilient jaws
Patent
1990-09-24
1992-09-01
Focarino, Margaret A.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Grapple
Resilient jaws
128919, 604192, 604263, A61M 532, B25B 900
Patent
active
051434148
ABSTRACT:
A medical device for holding caps for capping hypodermic syringe needles includes an elongate, squeezeable handle, elongate first and second cap-holding jaws, the jaws being mounted to the handle so as to cause the jaws to be in a closed condition when the handle is not squeezed and so as to cause the jaws to open when the handle is squeezed. The jaws, which are formed of elongate halves of a tube, have an inner opening sized to grip a needle cap when the jaws are in the closed condition and have an axial length which is substantially greater than the cross sectional dimension of the inner opening when the jaws are closed. Distal edges of the jaws are made relatively thin so as to enable the jaws to pick up a needle cap from a surface when the handle is squeezed to open the jaws and squeezing pressure on the handle is then released. The handle includes a spring for urging the jaws toward the closed position when the handle is not squeezed. A stop is attached to one end of one of the jaws for preventing a held cap from being pushed axially through the jaws during a needle capping operation. The distal jaw edges may be formed having a plurality of teeth which interlock when the jaws are in the closed condition.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Hackler Walter A.
Kramer Dean J.
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