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US 6,440,104 B1Granted
Safety shield assembly
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsC. Mark Newby, Michael C. Bennett, Jamie Crawford
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Abstract
The present invention is a safety shield assembly having a shield and a collar for connecting the shield to a fluid handling device whereby the shield may be pivoted with respect to the collar. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be used with a needle assembly, an intravenous infusion set a syringe, a catheter or other fluid handling devices or assemblies that contain piercing elements.
Claims43
A safety shield assembly comprising:
- a shield;
- means for connecting said shield to a fluid handling device that contains a piercing element;
- means for pivoting said shield with respect to said piercing element;
- means for securely covering and/or containing said piercing element within said shield;
- and means for securely locking said shield in a final non-retractable closed position over said piercing element;
- wherein said means for connecting said shield to a fluid handling device is a collar;
- said means for pivoting said shield is the cooperation of hook arm on said collar and a hanger bar on said shield;
- said means for security locking said shield in a final non-retractable position are cooperating barb dents on said shield and said collar.
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A needle shield assembly and needle assembly comprising:
- a needle assembly comprising a hub and a needle connected to said hub comprising a non-patient end and an intravenous end comprising a bevel end;
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- a needle shield assembly connected to said needle assembly comprising a collar and a shield, whereby said collar is connected to said hub of said needle assembly and said shield is movably connected to said collar whereby said shield may be pivoted with respect to said collar and easily moved into several positions with respect to said needle;
- said shield and connected to said collar by a hanger bar located on said shield and a hook arm located on said collar whereby said hanger bar engages with said hook arm so that said shield may be pivoted with respect to said collar said shield is easily moved in a final non-retractable position whereby the cooperating barb dents on said shield and said collar are engaged.
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A safety assembly comprising:
- a needle assembly comprising a hub, a needle connected to said hub comprising a non-patient end and an intravenous end comprising a bevel end;
- a needle shield assembly movably connected to said needle assembly comprising a collar and a shield whereby said collar is connected to said hub of said needle assembly and said shield is connected to said collar whereby said shield may be pivoted with respect to said collar and easily moved into several positions with respect to said needle;
- a needle holder having a distal end for receiving said non-patient end of said needle assembly;
- wherein said shield is connected to said collar by an interference fit between a hanger bar on said shield and hook arm on said collar;
- said collar comprises a forward annular skirt having an inner surface and an outer surface, a rearward annular skirt having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a means for securely locking said shield in a final non-retractable position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.