Medical devices

Details Medical devices Medical devices

1994-12-12

1996-07-30

Green, Randall L.

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604164, 604198, 604264, A61M 500

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055406629

ABSTRACT:
A medical device, for example, an IV cannula or a syringe which has a hollow needle 4 with a sharp distal end 6 for piercing the skin of a patient includes means for protecting the sharp end 6 of the needle 4 after use to minimise the possibility of accidental needle stick. The means includes a rod 12 mounted for movement through the needle 4 between a needle end protection position and a retracted position within the hollow needle 4; and means for maintaining the rod towards the needle end protection position.

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