Cannula tip protector

Abstract

Provided herein is a cannula tip protector assembly for a Luer type syringe having a Luer connector with a syringe needle having a first diameter, and a needle tip having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the needle tip attached in fluid communication to the syringe needle at an end of the syringe needle opposite the Luer connector, a protection sleeve slidably positioned over the syringe needle and needle tip, and a cannula tip protector actuator unit having a Luer connector attachment part and a protection sleeve connector, the cannula tip protector actuator unit arranged to move the protection sleeve from a first position in which the needle tip is covered by the protection sleeve to a second position in which the needle tip is exposed outside the protection sleeve.

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