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US 4,966,138 AGranted
Puncture protector
OwnerPeter P. Chow, Josephine N. Lo +1inventors
InventorsPeter P. Chow, Josephine N. Lo, Loren A. Chow
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Abstract
A puncture protector having a flexible backing with adhesive on one side thereof and a shielding arrangement for blocking passage of needles, both of which can be conformed to that portion of the body of the needle user, often the fingers, which is desired to be protected.
Claims8
A conformable body protector for protecting selected portions of a user's body, such as fingers, against needle punctures thereof when that user is manipulating needles both individually and as mounted on syringes, said body protector comprising:
- a flexible backing material portion capable of substantial flexure to be able to conform to a selected portion of said user's body, and having first and second sides thereof opposite one another with a releasable adhesive provided on said first side thereof;
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- a shield member portion capable of blocking passage therethrough of syringe needles forced thereagainst, said shield member portion also being capable of substantial flexure to permit substantial conformance thereof to that portion of said user's body against which said flexible backing material portion is to be conformed, said shield member portion being adherent to all of a substantial portion of said flexible backing material portion which is covered by said shield member at a selected location therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.