Apparatus for singulating blunts

A blade for singulating a D-shaped blunt for a needle, said blunt being singulated from a collection of blunts in an assembly process for assembling said blunt into said needle, said blade comprising:

• a main body;
• a first end of said main body, said first end for coupling to a motor which moves said main body;
• and
• a tip end of said main body, said tip end being designed to capture securely only one D-shaped blunt, wherein a further D-shaped blunt is not securely maintained in said tip end, the tip end including a D-shaped cutout.

A blade for singulating a D-shaped or a needle, said blunt being singulated from a collection of blunts in an assembly process for assembling said blunt into said needle, said blade comprising:

• a main body;
• a first end of said main body, said first end for coupling to a motor which moves said main body;
• and
• a tip end of said main body, said tip end being designed to capture securely only one D-shaped blunt, wherein a further D-shaped blunt is not securely maintained in said tip end, and
• wherein said tip end includes a tip raised above a cutout to protect a single D-shaped blunt in said cutout from a passing fluid.

A blade for singulating a D-shaped blunt for a needle, said blunt being singulated from a collection of blunts in an assembly process for assembling said blunt into said needle, said blade comprising:

• a main body;
• and
• a first end of said main body, said first end for coupling to a motor which moves said main body;
• a tip end of said main body, said tip end being designed to capture securely only one D-shaped blunt, wherein a further D-shaped blunt is not securely maintained in said tip end, and
• wherein the tip end includes a tip raised above a cutout to protect a single blunt in said cutout from a passing fluid.