Safety intravenous needle set
AssigneeSunwell Global Limited
InventorZHI-YUN LI
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Abstract
A safety intravenous needle set includes needle hub holding a needle and an infusion tube at two opposite ends thereof, and a safety device, which includes a base block affixed to the needle hub, a recessed guard pivoted to the base block and having a retaining lug located on one of two opposing inner wall thereof. The recessed guard is biasable relative to the needle hub toward the medical needle to let the medical needle be forced over the retaining lug into the inside of the recessed guard and then retaining inside the recessed guard by the retaining lug, avoiding accidental needle stick injury after the service of the safety intravenous needle set.
Claims19
A safety intravenous needle set, comprising:
- a needle hub holding a medical needle at one end thereof and an infusion tube at an opposite end thereof;
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- a safety device, said safety device comprising a base block, a recessed guard and a pivot, said recessed guard comprises two opposing inner walls, an outer wall and at least one pair of retaining lugs located on said two opposing inner walls, each said pair of retaining lugs defining therebetween a constraint gap, said base block being fixedly mounted at said needle hub, said recessed guard being pivotally connected to said base block by said pivot for allowing said recessed guard to be biased relative to said base block and said needle hub toward said medical needle to let said medical needle be forced through said constraint gap into the inside of said recessed guard.
A safety intravenous needle set, comprising:
- a needle hub holding a medical needle at one end thereof and an infusion tube at an opposite end thereof;
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- a safety device, said safety device comprising a base block, a recessed guard and a pivot, said recessed guard comprises two opposing inner walls, an outer wall and at least one retaining lug located on one said inner wall, said base block being fixedly mounted at said needle hub, said recessed guard being pivotally connected to said base block by said pivot for allowing said recessed guard to be biased relative to said base block and said needle hub toward said medical needle to let said medical needle be forced over said at least one retaining lug into the inside of said recessed guard and then retaining inside said recessed guard by said at least one retaining lug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.