Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1997-08-15
1998-09-22
Yasko, John D.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604192, 128919, A61M 500
Patent
active
058107843
ABSTRACT:
A safety needle cap assembly for needles and catheters 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needle, the safety needle cap assembly of the invention automatically caps the used needle the instant the needle is withdrawn from the patient.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 includes at least needle clogging material disposed in the safety needle cap to fill the tip of the needle therewith so as to entrap the fluid contained therein. This can be combined with needle capturing material to further enhance the safety features of the assembly. A piggyback adaptation of the design permits its use in angio or intra catheter medical procedures.
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Quast, Esq. W. Patrick
Yasko John D.
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