Huber safety needle
AssigneeMedical Components, Inc.
InventorsKurt Shimer, Matthew Gunn, Raymond Bizup
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AssigneeMedical Components, Inc.
InventorsKurt Shimer, Matthew Gunn, Raymond Bizup
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Disclosed is a Huber needle assembly that may include an upper body connected to a lower body, the assembly being structured to retain a needle for insertion/extraction of the needle into/from an insertion site. The upper body can statically retain the needle while the lower body may slidably receive the needle. The lower body can further include a catch that engages a tip of the needle and/or misaligns the tip of the needle with a needle aperture of the lower body to place the assembly in a safety-lock position, preventing rebound, needle-stick injury, and/or any type of exposure of the needle tip to an environment outside of the lower body. The assembly can further bias the needle in a direction so as to prevent re-emergence of the needle tip after being withdrawn into the lower body.
A Huber needle assembly, comprising:
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