Electrical needle destruction device with sterilizable assembly
OwnerRichard V. Salessesinventor
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Abstract
A needle destruction device which prevents reuse of used needles and includes a pivotable removable and autoclavable needle receiver mounted on a receptacle. The receptacle contains a pair of electrodes through which current passes when a needle is placed across them and is destroyed. The receiver has a needle hub grasping plunger which grips the needle hub while the syringe is unscrewed therefrom. After separation of the needle hub from the syringe, the hub fails into a drawer inside the receptacle. The receiver is removable for serialization and is replaceable upon the receptacle.
Claims20
A syringe holding and needle destruction device for disposing of hypodermic syringe needles and to prevent cross-contamination comprising:
- a) a housing having an opening therein for receiving a used hypodermic needle,
- b) needle destruction means disposed within the housing adjacent the opening for contacting and destroying the needle to prevent reuse thereof,
- c) syringe and hypodermic needle receiving and supporting means mounted on the housing adjacent the opening for receiving the needle and supporting the syringe until the needle is to be destroyed by engagement with the needle destruction means,
- d) at least a portion of said syringe and hypodermic needle receiving and supporting means being removably mounted, and,
- e) whereby, said portion can be made non-infectious to prevent cross-contamination and thereafter remounted for reuse.
A needle destruction device for use with a needle and syringe assembly wherein the needle has a threaded hub attached thereto for threadable connection to a syringe, comprising:
- a) needle holding means for independently holding and supporting a needle and a syringe,
- b) needle destruction means for preventing reuse of a needle, and
- c) said needle holding means further including hub gripping means for preventing rotation of a needle hub when a syringe is unscrewed therefrom,
- d) said needle destruction means being positioned relative to said needle holding means so that a needle held by said needle holding means may be brought into contact with and rendered unusable by said needle destruction means.
A needle destruction device, comprising:
- a) a housing which contains a needle destruction assembly,
- b) needle and syringe receiving means for receiving and supporting a needle and syringe,
- c) said needle receiving means and said needle destruction assembly being moveable relative to each other from a separated first holding position to a second needle destruction position,
- d) the first position being such that a needle may be safely inserted in said needle receiving means independently supported clear of the needle destruction assembly and held for possible reuse until it is to be destroyed and the second position being such that a needle held by said needle receiving means is moved into contact with said needle destruction assembly and is destroyed, and,
- e) at least a part of the removable needle and syringe receiving means being removable, reusable, and made of material which will permit it to be placed in an autoclave.
A syringe holding and needle destruction device for disposing of hypodermic syringe needles and to prevent cross-contamination, comprising:
- a) needle and syringe receiving means for receiving and supporting a needle syringe in an accessible position for possible reuse until it is to be destroyed,
- b) needle destruction means for destroying a needle which is closely and operatively associated with the needle and syringe receiving means for destroying needles,
- c) at least a portion of said syringe needle receiving means being removable and made of material to permit it to be autoclaved to preclude cross contamination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.