Needle storage apparatus and method
AssigneeMedisystems Technology Corporation
InventorDavid S. Utterberg
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Abstract
A hollow guard having a wall for receiving and enclosing a medical needle after use. The guard has an open end to allow a needle to be inserted into the guard. An adhesive member has a section typically permanently attached to the wall, with portions of the adhesive member being spaced from the wall, for temporary attachment to a patient's skin to secure the guard on the patient's skin.
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A hollow guard having a wall for receiving and enclosing a medical needle after use, said guard having an open end to allow a needle to be inserted into said guard, said guard having a central longitudinal axis, and an adhesive tape having a section permanently attached to said wall with the adhesive tape extending transversely to said axis, whereby portions of said adhesive tape are spaced from said wall and may be temporarily attached to the patient's skin to secure said guard on the patient's skin, said spaced portions of said tape having adhesive layer portions that are covered by a removable, protective sheet, said attached section of the adhesive tape being located centrally along said length of tape to provide said tape portions on opposed sides of the guard for temporary skin attachment.
A hollow guard having a wall for receiving and enclosing a medical needle after use, said guard having an open end to allow a needle to be inserted into said guard and an adhesive member permanently attached to said wall by a first adhesive, at least portions of said adhesive member carrying a second adhesive permitting temporary attachment to a patient's skin to secure said guard upon the patient's skin, said guard having a needle-facing end an opposed end, and a bottom wall said hollow guard defining a rearwardly projecting anchor member extending rearward from said bottom wall and proportioned to permit retention of said rearwardly projecting anchor member to hold the hollow guard in position on the skin as the needle is being withdrawn into said hollow guard.
A hollow guard having a wall for receiving and enclosing a medical needle after use, said guard having an open end to allow a needle to be inserted into said guard, said hollow guard having a needle-facing end, an opposed end, and a bottom wall;
- said hollow guard defining a rearwardly projecting anchor member extending rearwardly from said bottom wall and proportioned to permit pressing of said rearwardly projecting anchor member to hold manually the hollow guard in position on the skin as the needle is being withdrawn into said hollow guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.