Safety vial-handler tool and method

Details Safety vial-handler tool and method Safety vial-handler tool and method

1993-09-16

1994-05-24

Hirsch, Paul J.

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

211 78, 604263, A61M 532

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053144139

ABSTRACT:
A safety vial-handler tool has a plurality of different sizes of vial orifices (4) in a vial plate (1) superimposed rotatably on a shield plate (2). The shield plate (2) has a shield orifice (6) sized to receive the largest-diameter vial that is positional in the vial plate (1). A handle (3) is attached perpendicularly to a bottom edge of the shield plate (2). The vial plate (1) is dialed rotatably to align a particular vial-plate orifice with the shield orifice (6) for a vial (7) being handled. A vial that fits a particular vial-plate orifice is then inserted into the vial-plate orifice where it is suspended from a vial flange (8). The vial (7) is extended through the shield plate (2) in parallel relationship to the handle (3). The suspending vial is held with a thumb (9) and forefinger (10) while the handle (3) is grasped with at least one of the remaining three fingers (12) and palm (13 ) of a hand (11) of a user. The user's other hand is thus free to operate a syringe for transferring a fluid into or out of the vial being so held. A deflector ridge (15, 17) around either the vial plate (1) or the shield plate (2) further restrains syringe needles from sticking the handler. The handle can have an indentation (19, 22) for one or more of the three handle-holding fingers and can be foldable for fitting this vile-handler tool into a pocket of a user's uniform or into a phlebotomist's kit.

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