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US 2011/0319831 A1Published application
Protection assembly
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorAndreas Bode
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Abstract
A protection assembly is disclosed that combines a cover to preserve sterility of a sharp instrument with a trap to prevent accidental sticks where in one embodiment the cover is detached from the protection assembly and disposed and in another embodiment the cover is permanently attached to the protection assembly.
Claims15
Unitary protection assembly for an instrument having sharp means, comprising
- a cover configured to cover the sharp means and
- a protection means having a mount for attaching the protection means to the instrument, the protections means being moveable to a position such that it can trap the sharp means for safe disposal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.