Blood collection assembly
AssigneeThe Monarch Company, LLC
InventorsJames Price, Jonathan Trawick, Clint Semmann
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Abstract
The present disclosure is a blood collection assembly that has a needle assembly fixedly coupled to a finger-activated actuator and tubing and the needle assembly has a needle. Further, the blood collection assembly has a hub that houses the needle assembly and the hub has a channel in a top surface of the hub. Additionally, the channel slidably engages the finger-activated actuator such that when the finger-activated actuator is moved from a distal end of the hub to a proximal end of the hub the needle retracts within the hub.
Claims19
A blood collection assembly, comprising:
- a needle assembly fixedly coupled to a finger-activated actuator and tubing, the needle assembly comprising a needle;
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- a hub configured for housing the needle assembly, the hub comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a channel and the compartment, the channel and compartment positioned in a spaced-apart relationship on a top side of the hub with the compartment positioned distal the channel, the hub further including at least two wings extending from a bottom side of the hub, the compartment housing a shield positioned above the needle, the channel slidably engaging the finger-activated actuator such that when the finger-activated actuator is moved along the channel from the distal end of the hub to the proximal end of the hub, the needle retracts within the hub and the shield falls toward the at least two wings between an end of the needle and the distal end of the hub.
A blood collection assembly, comprising:
- a hub comprising a channel in a top surface, a finger-activated actuator slidably engaging the channel, the hub comprising a proximal end, a distal end and a channel in a top side of the hub, the hub further including at least two wings extending from a bottom side of the hub and a compartment on the top side of the hub at the distal end and spaced apart from the channel, the compartment positioned distal the channel, the compartment housing a shield, the channel slidably engaging the finger-activated actuator;
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- a needle assembly comprising a needle, the needle assembly contained within a chamber of the hub and positioned below the shield, the needle assembly fixedly coupled to the finger-activated actuator such that when a user moves the finger-activated actuator from the distal end to the proximal end of the hub in the channel, the needle retracts within the hub and the shield falls toward the at least two wings between an end of the needle and the distal end of the hub.
A method of blood collection, comprising:
- accessing a hub comprising a channel in a top surface and a finger-activated actuator slidably engaging the channel, the hub comprising a proximal end, a distal end and a channel in a top side of the hub, the hub further including at least two wings extending from a bottom side of the hub and a compartment on the top side of the hub at the distal end and spaced apart from the channel, the compartment positioned distal the channel and housing a shield, the channel slidably engaging the finger-activated actuator;
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- retracting a needle assembly comprising a needle, the needle assembly contained within a chamber of the hub and positioned below the shield, the needle assembly fixedly coupled to the finger-activated actuator such that when a user moves the finger-activated actuator from a distal end to a proximal end of the hub in the channel, the needle is positioned within the hub and the shield falls toward the at least two wings between an end of the needle and the distal end of the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.