Device for removing a hypodermic needle from a syringe body and for distorting the hypodermic needle
OwnerScott A. Caseinventor
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Abstract
The device for removing a hypodermic needle from a syringe body and for simultaneously distorting the hypodermic needle comprises a receptacle, a guiding structure for guiding the hypodermic needle into the receptacle, a mechanism for engaging, pulling and simultaneously distorting the hypodermic needle adjacent to the guiding structure and a mechanism for operating the engaging, pulling and distorting mechanism to pull the needle into the receptacle, the guiding structure includes an abutment for preventing the syringe body from entering the receptacle and the mechanism for engaging, pulling and distorting the needle includes a pair of intermeshing gears.
Claims11
A device for removing a hypodermic needle and hub from a syringe body and for simultaneously distorting the hypodermic needle, said device comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a guiding structure for guiding the hypodermic needle into said receptacle;
- said guiding structure including abutment means for preventing entry of the syringe body into said receptacle;
- engaging, pulling and distorting means, mounted inside said receptacle adjacent to said guiding structure, said engaging, pulling and distorting means engaging the needle and pulling the needle and the hub away from the syringe body and into said receptacle and said engaging, pulling and distorting means simultaneously permanently distorting the hypodermic needle into a shape that makes reuse of the needle impossible;
- an operating means, said operating means operating said engaging, pulling and distorting means to pull the needle and hub away from the syringe body and into said receptacle.
A device for removing a hypodermic needle and hub from a syringe body while simultaneously permanently distorting the hypodermic needle, said device comprising:
- a receptacle having an opening for receiving the hypodermic needle and hub;
- abutment means, said abutment means preventing entry of the syringe body into said receptacle;
- pulling means mounted inside said receptacle, said pulling means pulling the needle and the hub away from the opening, off of the syringe body, and into the receptacle;
- and,
- distorting means mounted inside the receptacle, said distorting means simultaneously permanently distorting the hypodermic needle into a shape that makes reuse of the needle impossible while the needle is pulled away from the opening and into the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.