Safety device for a syringe
OwnerAlfredo RICCIinventor
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Abstract
A safety device for a syringe including a connector which can be coupled to a syringe, a main body provided with a cavity and which can be coupled to the connector so as to extend above it and a needle body for supporting and housing a needle or cannula, the needle body longitudinally extending in the connector and in the main body. The device further includes a push element which can be coupled to a distal end of the needle body and movable inside the connector by action of an axial thrust of a plunger of the syringe, and a needle support which can be coupled to the needle body and is operable by the push element between a locked position of the needle body, wherein the needle support is interposed between the connector and the needle body, and an unlocked position of the needle body.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A safety device for a syringe comprising:
- a connector configured to be coupled to a syringe;
- a main body provided with a cavity and configured to be coupled to the connector so as to extend above it;
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- a needle body for supporting and housing a needle or cannula, the needle body longitudinally extending in the connector and in the main body;
- wherein the device further comprises a push element for coupling a distal end of the needle body and movable inside the connector by action of an axial thrust of a plunger of the syringe, and a needle support configured to be coupled to the needle body and operable by the push element between a locked position of the needle body, wherein the needle support is interposed between the connector and the needle body, and an unlocked position of the needle body, wherein the needle support is released from the connector and from the needle body and completely housed in the cavity of the main body and the needle or cannula can freely retract through the main body and the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.