Safety cap assembly for needles

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1997-07-21

1998-10-06

Yasko, John D.

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604198, 604192, A61M 500

Patent

active

058170707

ABSTRACT:
A safety needle cap assembly for needles is described. In place of the usual safety cap which requires a doctor, dentist or nurse to manually place it in position on a used syringe needle, the safety needle cap assembly of the invention automatically caps the used needle the instant the needle is withdrawn from the patient. An elastic sheath or spring attached to a safety needle cap is kept under tension, retracting the cap and allowing the needle tip to be exposed. Once used and removed from the patient, the elastic tension is released, causing the safety needle cap to snap over the used needle tip automatically, without any operator assistance. The design of the safety needle cap assembly as described facilitates the utilization thereof, especially where it is important to distance the operator's fingers from the point of contact of the needle with the patient's body.

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patent: 5295972 (1994-03-01), Mischenko

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