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OwnerDon J. Harsh, Linda R. Hills +1inventors
InventorsDon J. Harsh, Linda R. Hills, Kennalyn Howard
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A generally cylindrical structure of rigid material is configured such that the device is capable of at least partially circumscribing at least a portion of a syringe barrel. Near one end of the cylindrical structure, the apparatus is provided with a structure for secure attachment to the base of a hypodermic needle. The structure for secure attachment to the base of a hypodermic needle may vary depending on the specific structure of the apparatus and the type of needle used. In one embodiment of the device, the means of attachment comprises "Luer" threads on the interior surface of the cylindrical structure. Those threads, in turn, engage the base of a typical needle and the device provides twisting engagement with the needle base. Using the device removal of the needle from the syringe barrel is simple and safe. The structure is simply pressed in a forward direction (i.e., away from the syringe barrel in the direction of the needle) until the needle becomes disengaged form the needle socket of the syringe barrel. Thus, the needle is removed without the necessity of encountering the needle point. In that the pushing action is relatively gentle, the needle detaches relatively slowly and has very little tendency to become a dangerous projectile.
An apparatus for removing needles from hypodermic syringes without re-capping said needles, said syringes comprising a barrel and a needle socket attached to one end of the barrel, the needle socket configured such that a needle can be removably attached to said needle socket, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for use in removing needles from hypodermic syringes without re-capping said needles, said hypodermic syringes comprising a syringe barrel and a needle socket, the apparatus comprising a structure having means for secure attachment to the base of a needle, the apparatus being configured such that it is capable of being slidably mounted over at least a portion of a syringe barrel and at least a portion of a needle socket, said apparatus further configured such that a needle can be mounted onto the apparatus while the apparatus is mounted over said syringe barrel and said needle socket, but such that the needle is capable of being directly attached to the needle socket of the syringe barrel, such that if said structure is slid forward with respect to the syringe barrel, the structure causes the needle to disengage from the needle socket.
A device for effecting removal of hypodermic needles from a hypodermic syringe, said hypodermic syringe having a syringe barrel and a needle socket, said device comprising:
A device for effecting removal of hypodermic needles from a hypodermic syringe, said hypodermic syringe having a syringe barrel and a needle socket, said device comprising:
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