Nestable needle holder and package
OwnerVolker Niermanninventor
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Abstract
A needle holder including a body having a closed end, an opposed open end, and a tubular wall therebetween. The needle holder is designed to insertably accommodate a specimen collection tube therein. The tubular wall of the needle holder body has an outer diameter adjacent the closed end which is designed to be nestably accommodated within an inner diameter of the open end of an adjacent needle holder body. Plural nestable needle holder bodies may be arranged in an array. Each array may be enclosed in a polybag. Plural such arrays may be packaged in a carton for shipping and storage.
Claims17
A needle holder comprising:
- an elongate body having a generally closed end for supporting a needle, an opposed open end for insertably accommodating a specimen collection tube therein, and a generally tubular wall having an inner surface and an outer surface and extending therebetween;
- said tubular wall having an inner diameter adjacent said open end, and an outer diameter adjacent said closed end, and wherein said inner diameter of said open end is greater than said outer diameter of said closed end;
- whereby a first said holder is capable of being nestably stacked with a second said holder by placing said closed end of the first holder into said open end of the second holder.
An assembly of needle holders comprising:
- a plurality of needle holder bodies, each body having a generally closed end for supporting a needle, an opposed open end for insertably accommodating a specimen collection tube, and a tubular wall therebetween, said tubular wall having an inner diameter adjacent said open end which is greater than an outer diameter of said tubular wall adjacent said closed end;
- said plurality of needle holder bodies arranged in a stacked array with said closed end of one said needle holders being insertably supported within the open end of an adjacently stacked needle holder.
A package comprising:
- a plurality of needle holder bodies, each body having a generally closed end for supporting a needle, an opposed open end for insertably accommodating a specimen collection tube, and a tubular wall therebetween, said tubular wall having an inner diameter adjacent said open end which is greater than an outer diameter of said tubular wall adjacent said closed end;
- said plurality of needle holder bodies arranged in a stacked array with said closed end of one of said needle holder bodies being insertably supported within the open end of an adjacently stacked needle holder body;
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- a carton for supporting and enclosing said stacked array of needle holder bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.