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US 10,092,322 B2Granted
Needle guard clip with heel
AssigneeSmiths Medical ASD, Inc.
InventorsSean J. Albert, Dennis M. Bialecki
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Abstract
A needle guard clip assembly has a clip and a spring, the clip having a first wall with a needle passage therethrough, a generally parallel second wall, a strut connecting the two walls, and a heel extending from the first wall. The walls, strut, and heel are an integral piece. The spring is associated with and extends from the first wall.
Claims11
A needle guard clip assembly comprising:
- a clip having a first wall with a needle passage therethrough, a generally parallel second wall spaced from and confronting the first wall, and an intermediate wall interconnecting the first wall and the second wall;
- the first wall, the second wall, and the intermediate wall being an integral piece and the needle passage being coincident with a needle path extending in a first direction between the first wall and the second wall;
- a spring associated with and extending from the first wall away from the needle path to a free end, such that the free end is located at a greater distance from the needle path than a remainder of the spring;
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- the spring having a first end associated with the first wall and a leaf extending from the first end and away from the needle path to the free end,
- wherein the leaf and the intermediate wall are on the same side of the needle path, and
- wherein the spring biases the clip from a first state in which the needle path does not extend through the second wall toward a second state in which the second wall crosses the needle path.
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A needle guard clip assembly comprising:
- a clip having a first wall with a needle passage therethrough, a generally parallel second wall spaced from and confronting the first wall, and an intermediate wall interconnecting the first wall and the second wall;
- the first wall, the second wall, and the intermediate wall being an integral piece;
- the needle passage being coincident with a needle path extending in a first direction between the first wall and the second wall;
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- a spring associated with and extending from the first wall away from the needle path to a free end, such that the free end is located at a greater distance from the needle path than a remainder of the spring,
- wherein the spring extends through an opening defined by a plurality of struts in the intermediate wall, and
- wherein the spring biases the clip toward a second state in which the second wall of the clip crosses the needle path.
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A needle guard clip assembly configured to interact with a needle, the clip assembly comprising:
- a clip having a first wall with a needle passage therethrough, a generally parallel second wall spaced from and confronting the first wall, and an intermediate wall interconnecting the first wall and the second wall;
- the first wall, the second wall, and the intermediate wall being an integral piece and the needle passage being coincident with a needle path extending in a first direction between the first wall and the second wall;
- the needle path having a size defined by the needle that is configured to extend through the clip;
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- a spring associated with and extending from the first wall to a free end, wherein no portion of the spring crosses the needle path so as not to bear against the needle extending along the needle path, wherein a first end of the spring is integral with the first wall of the clip,
- wherein the first wall and the second wall do not move relative to each other as the clip is biased from a first state in which the needle path does not extend through the second wall toward a second state in which the second wall of the clip crosses the needle path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.