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US 12,121,709 B1Granted
Adaptable multiprocedural sharps safety device
OwnerChristopher Brandinventor
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Abstract
A medical sharps safety device that is affixable to a conventional medical syringe or other sharp device.
Claims19
A medical sharp safety device, the medical sharp safety device comprising:
- a reservoir connector configured for attachment to a medicament-containing reservoir;
- a sharp containment flange, said sharp containment flange comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a passageway through said sharp containment flange from said proximal end through said distal end;
- at least two opposing flexible plastic strips each connected at a first end to said reservoir connector and at a second end to said sharp containment flange, each of said at least two opposing flexible plastic strips each comprising an embedded leaf spring, each of said at least two opposing flexible plastic strips comprising a medical sharp facing inner surface and an opposing outer surface, each said medical sharp facing inner surface comprising projections therefrom on a majority of each said medical sharp facing inner surface, wherein said projections on a first said flexible plastic strip are configured to interlock with said projections on a second said flexible plastic strip when said medical sharp facing inner surface of said first flexible plastic strip comes into contact with said medical sharp facing inner surface of said second flexible plastic strip;
- wherein when said reservoir connector is attached to said medicament-containing reservoir and a medical sharp is inserted through said passageway, said leaf springs of at least two opposing flexible plastic strips are placed into a spring-biased state and said medical sharp appears from said distal end of said sharp containment flange.
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A medical sharp safety device, the medical sharp safety device comprising:
- a reservoir connector configured for attachment to a medicament-containing reservoir,
- a sharp containment flange, said sharp containment flange comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a passageway through said sharp containment flange from said proximal end through said distal end;
- at least two opposing flexible plastic strips each connected at a first end to said reservoir connector and at a second end to said sharp containment flange, each of said at least two opposing flexible plastic strips each comprising an embedded leaf spring, each of said at least two opposing flexible plastic strips comprising a medical sharp facing inner surface and an opposing outer surface, each said medical sharp facing inner surface comprising projections therefrom on a majority of each said medical sharp facing inner surface, wherein said projections on a first said flexible plastic strip are configured to interlock with said projections on a second said flexible plastic strip when said medical sharp facing inner surface of said first flexible plastic strip comes into contact with said medical sharp facing inner surface of said second flexible plastic strip, and wherein said projections on said at least two opposing flexible plastic strips are interlocked so that said at least two opposing flexible plastic strips and said sharp containment flange together permanently envelop a medical sharp so that any medicament residue and/or biological fluids on or in said medical sharp are sealed within said flexible plastic strips and said sharp containment flange.
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