Hypodermic needle extraction and disposal system apparatus
OwnerGary E. Miller, Scott Aaron Millerinventors
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Abstract
A hypodermic needle extraction device for removing a hypodermic needle from a syringe having a syringe body and a luer, the device including at least one guide rod disposed with the device, a carriage assembly having a carriage slidably mounted on the guide rod, and a needle extraction assembly configured to grasp the needle such that the needle is separated from the syringe body as the syringe body and needle are urged apart. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus and methods disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.
Claims16
An apparatus, comprising:
- a gripper assembly adapted to grasp a needle;
- a syringe holder adapted to secure a luer inserted directly therein by a user, the luer engaged with a syringe body and the needle engaged with the luer, the syringe holder positions the needle for grasping by the gripper assembly;
- and,
- wherein with the needle grasped by the gripper assembly the syringe holder and the gripper assembly are adapted to move apart from one another linearly in a direction defined by a length of the needle to withdraw the needle entirely from the luer.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- securing a luer within a syringe holder by directly inserting the luer therein, the luer being engaged with a syringe body and the needle being engaged with the luer, the syringe holder positioning the needle for grasping by a gripper assembly;
- grasping the needle by the gripper assembly;
- and,
- withdrawing the needle entirely from the luer by moving the syringe holder and the gripper assembly linearly apart from one another generally in a direction defined by a length of the needle, following the step of grasping the needle by the gripper assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.