Disposable medical needle and catheter placement assembly having full safety enclosure means

A disposable medical needle assembly having facile insertion and full enclosing and shielding means for the needle comprising:

• a needle having a point at its distal end,
• needle insertion and retraction means cooperatively associated with said needle for maintaining a distal portion of said needle exposed for insertion into the body, and including:
• (a) needle guide means in the form of a tubular member slidably carrying said needle and for fully enclosing the said needle distal portion upon withdrawal thereof from the body and into said tubular member, and,
• (b) needle manipulating means secured to said needle and fixed with respect thereto,
• (c) abutment means cooperatively associated with said guide means and said manipulating means for engagement to preclude relative separating movement between said guide means and said needle during insertion thereof, said abutment means being releasable to permit said relative movement upon needle withdrawal, and
• shield means for said needle point for automatically precluding access to and preventing extension of said needle from said tubular member when said needle is withdrawn thereinto, and,
• said guide means and said manipulating means are interconnected by flexible strap means.

A disposable medical assembly, having cooperating elements for association with a needle, comprising:

• guide means including a tubular member having a bore therethrough for slidable reception of a needle therein,
• manipulating means including a base portion for securement to a needle,
• said guide means and manipulating means being relatively movable between a first position with said guide means and manipulating means abutting one another so as to preclude separating movement between said guide means and manipulating means with the needle extended from said guide means, and a second position wherein said guide means and manipulating means are free of abutment and relatively spaced from one another with said needle withdrawn into said guide means,
• said guide means including flexible wing-like sections cooperatively associated with said guide means and said manipulating means in said first position,
• means preventing distal emergence of the needle from said guide means after retraction thereof into said guide means, and,
• a pair of flexible straps respectively connected between said guide means and said manipulating means.

A disposable medical assembly comprising:

• guide means having a bore for slidably receiving a needle therein with the distal end thereof projecting forwardly therefrom,
• manipulating means proximal to said guide means and bonded to a proximal portion of a said needle, whereby movement of said manipulating means relative to said guide means moves said needle with respect to said guide means,
• abutment means for preventing separating movement of said guide means and said manipulating means when said needle is projected forwardly,
• said guide means including flexible wing-like sections for cooperatively associated with said abutment means,
• flexible strap means extending between said guide means and said manipulating means for limiting separating movement of said manipulating means with respect to said guide means so as to preclude proximal withdrawal of said needle from said guide means, and permitting sufficient separating movement to retract the distal end of said needle fully within said guide means, and,
• means preventing distal emergence of the needle from said guide means after retraction thereof into said guide means.