Devices and methods for protecting a user from a sharp tip of a medical needle
AssigneeEMED Technologies Corporation
InventorPaul Lambert
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Abstract
A device for protecting a user from a sharp tip of a medical needle includes a central body portion, a medical needle having a sharp tip, a pair of wings in attachment to the central body portion, and a hook-and-loop fastening system disposed on at least one of the wings, and configured to selectively attach the wings together with the medical needle positioned between the wings so as to protect a user from the sharp tip of the medical needle. A method of using the device includes withdrawing a sharp tip of a medical needle from a patient, closing a pair of wings with the medical needle positioned between the wings, and fastening the wings together with the medical needle positioned between the wings so as to protect a user from the sharp tip of the medical needle.
Claims20
A device for protecting a user from a sharp tip of a medical needle, the device comprising:
- a central body in fluid connection with a delivery tube;
- a medical needle including:
- a first end in fluid connection with the delivery tube;
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- a second end distal from the central body, the second end including the sharp tip;
- a pair of wings each extending from, and attached at one end to, opposing sides of the central body and positioned with the medical needle therebetween, the pair of wings being selectively positionable from an open position, in which the wings leave the needle exposed so as to permit the medical needle to be placed into a patient, to a closed position in which the pair of wings are folded over the needle, wherein each wing of the pair of wings includes an inner surface;
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- a hook-and-loop fastening system disposed in a circular recess on the inner surface of each wing of the pair of wings, the hook-and-loop fastening system configured to selectively attach each inner surface of the pair of wings together to one another in the closed position with the medical needle positioned therebetween.
A device for protecting a user from a sharp tip of a medical needle, the device comprising:
- a central body in fluid connection with a delivery tube;
- a medical needle including:
- a first end in fluid connection with the delivery tube;
- a second end distal from the central body, the second end including the sharp tip;
- a pair of wings symmetrically extending from the central body, the pair of wings being selectively positionable from an open position along a common plane with the medical needle position therebetween, in which the wings leave the needle exposed so as to permit the medical needle to be placed into a patient, to a closed position in which the pair of wings are folded over the needle, wherein each wing of the pair of wings includes a circular recess on an inner surface, each circular recess having a fastening element positioned therein.
An apparatus comprising:
- a central body in fluid connection with a delivery tube;
- a medical needle including:
- a first end in fluid connection with the delivery tube;
- and
- a second end distal from the central body, the second end including the sharp tip;
- a pair of wings each extending from, and attached at one end to, opposing sides of the central body and positioned with the medical needle therebetween, the pair of wings being selectively positionable from an open position, in which the wings leave the needle exposed so as to permit the medical needle to be placed into a patient, to a closed position in which the pair of wings are folded over the needle, wherein each wing of the pair of wings includes an inner surface;
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- securing means comprising a carrier gel to selectively attach each inner surface of the pair of wings together in the closed position with the medical needle positioned therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.