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AssigneeHabley Medical Technology Corporation
InventorsTerry M. Haber, William H. Smedley, Clark B. Foster, John A. Lewis, Jr.
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A combination needle sheath and sterility package comprising a lower needle cover to surround and protect the distal end of a sterile, double ended hypodermic needle cannula and an upper sleeve to surround and protect the proximal end of the cannula. The upper sleeve can be opened to permit the bore of a conventional hypodermic syringe to be received therewithin, so that the proximal end of the needle cannula can communicate fluidically with the syringe cylinder. By virtue of the needle sheath/sterility package as disclosed herein, the sterility of the needle cannula may be reliably preserved during handling and prior to use, while the possibility of an accidental needle stick during attachment of the cannula to the syringe may be advantageously minimized.
For a double ended needle cannula to be positioned in fluid communication with the cylinder of a hypodermic syringe and being supported by a needle hub that is adapted to be mated to said cylinder so that the cannula may communicate therewith, a combination needle sheath and sterility package comprising:
For a double ended needle cannula to be positioned to communicate fluidically with the cylinder of a hypodermic syringe, a combination needle sheath and sterility package comprising a needle cover to surround and protect the distal end of the double ended needle cannula and a sleeve to surround and protect the proximal end iof the cannula, said sleeve having an open end through which a portion of the syringe cylinder can be received so that the needle cannula can be positioned to communicate fluidically with the cylinder while the proximal end of the cannula is surrounded and protected by said sleeve, said sleeve also including at least two generally parallel aligned sleeve sections, first ends of said sleeve sections forming the open end of said sleeve and opposite ends of said sleeve sections being hingedly connected to said sleeve and rotatably outwardly therefrom when the cylinder of the syringe is received through said open sleeve end.
For a double ended needle cannula to be positioned to communicate fluidically with the cylinder of a hypodermic syringe, a combination needle sheath and sterility package comprising a needle cover to surround and protect the distal end of the double ended needle cannula and a sleeve to surround and protect the proximal end of the cannula, said sleeve having an open end through which a portion of the syringe cylinder can be recieved so that the needle cannula can be positioned to communicate fluidically with the cylinder while the proximal end of the cannula is surrounded and protected by said sleeve, said sleeve also including expansible means being compressible from an expanded condition at which to surround and shield the proximal end of the needle cannula to a collapsed condition at which to permit said proximal end to communicate with the cylinder of the syringe when said cylinder is received through the open end of said sleeve.
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