Safety needle container

Safety device for a needle having a hub, comprising:

• a base having
• a first portion including a male projection for insertion into said hub of said needle, and an internally threaded annular collar surrounding said male projection for detachably coupling said needle to said base via said hub;
• a second portion integrally extending away from said first portion including a female receptacle for accepting an ejection end of a syringe;
• and
• a housing pivotable to a position in substantial alignment along the longitudinal axis of said needle for enveloping said needle, said housing having
• a main body one end of which being flexibly connected to said first portion of said base to provide pivoting thereabout;
• an end cap;
• a compressible extension sandwiched between said main body and said end cap, and integrally connecting the other end of said main body to said end cap;
• and
• means within said main body for confining said needle within said housing once said housing has been pivoted to said position.

Safety device to be used with a needle, comprising:

• a base for connecting said needle to a syringe;
• a housing having a first end and a second end;
• compressible joint means flexibly connecting said housing to said base via said first end, said housing pivotable about said joint means toward a position in substantial alignment along the longitudinal axis of said needle for enveloping said needle;
• and
• means adapted to said second end to sealingly secure the tip of said needle when a compressive force resulting from a relative movement of said housing and said base being urged toward each other is applied to said joint means to compress the same.

Safety device of claim 50, wherein said protrusion of said first portion has a through bore substantially the size of the bore of said needle;

• and
• wherein said second portion has a conical extension projecting away from said protrusion having a through bore substantially matching the size of the through bore of said protrusion, the respective through bores of said protrusion and said conical extension effecting one continuous through bore in said base;
• and
• wherein said conical extension is inserted into said ejection end of said syringe when said second portion is mated to said ejection end for substantially reducing the volume of space through which fluid transits between said syringe and said needle.

Safety device to be used with a needle, comprising:

• a base having integral first and second portions for coupling said needle to a syringe;
• a housing having a first end and a capped end;
• compressible means flexibly coupling said first end of said housing to said second portion of said base so that said housing is pivotable about said compressible means to an operative position to substantially align along the longitudinal axis of said needle for enveloping the same;
• means adapted to said capped end of said housing to sealingly secure the tip of said needle after said housing has been pivoted to envelop said needle and said housing and said base urged relative toward each other to compress said compressible means longitudinally along the length of said needle.