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US 7,243,792 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for unwinding a needle portion
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorsRobert Joseph Panek, Jr., John C. Japuntich, James A. Arendt
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Abstract
A container system is provided for removing a needle portion from a needle holder of a needle system. The system includes a receptacle defining an opening, a lid configured to cover the receptacle opening, wherein the lid defines an aperture having a shape configured to receive a needle system having a first configuration. The system also includes an adapter configured for engagement in the lid aperture, wherein the adapter defines an aperture having a shape configured to receive a needle system having a second configuration, and wherein the engagement of the adapter in the lid aperture resists rotation of the adapter with respect to the lid.
Claims16
A container system for removing a needle portion from a needle holder of a needle system, said container system comprising:
- a receptacle defining an opening;
- a lid configured to cover said receptacle opening, said lid defining a lid aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a first needle system having a first configuration, thereby facilitating removal of the needle portion of the first needle system from the needle holder of the first needle system;
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- an adapter configured for engagement in said lid aperture and to resist rotation of said adapter with respect to said lid, said adapter defining an adapter aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a second needle system having a second configuration, thereby facilitating removal of the needle portion of the second needle system from the needle holder of the second needle system,
- wherein said lid aperture is at least partially defined by converging wall portions positioned to contact a release mechanism of the needle holder of the first needle system to expand an opening defined in the needle holder to release the needle portion from the needle holder, and
- wherein the adapter aperture is at least partially defined by a rectangular portion positioned to contact a substantially rectangular portion of the needle holder of the second needle system thereby facilitating rotation and release of the needle portion from the needle holder.
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A container system for removing a needle portion from a needle holder of a needle system, said container system comprising:
- means for containing a needle portion, said containing means defining a container aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a first needle system having a first configuration, thereby facilitating removal of the needle portion of the first needle system from the needle holder of the first needle system;
- means for adapting said container aperture of said containing means to receive a second needle system having a second configuration, said adapting means being configured for engagement at said container aperture of said containing means, and said adapting means defining an adapter aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of the second needle system having the second configuration, thereby facilitating removal of the needle portion of the second needle system from the needle holder of the second needle system;
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- means for resisting rotation of said adapting means relative to said containing means;
- wherein said container aperture is at least partially defined by converging wall portions positioned to contact a release mechanism of the needle holder of the first needle system to expand an opening defined in the needle holder to release the needle portion from the needle holder, and
- wherein the adapter aperture is at least partially defined by a rectangular portion positioned to contact a substantially rectangular portion of the needle holder of the second needle system thereby facilitating rotation and release of the needle portion from the needle holder.
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A container system for removing a needle portion from a needle holder of a needle system, said container system comprising:
- a lid defining a lid aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a first needle system having a first configuration;
- and
- an adapter configured for engagement in said lid aperture, said adapter defining an adapter aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a second needle system having a second configuration,
- wherein one of said lid aperture and said adapter aperture is at least partially defined by wall portions positioned to contact the needle holder of the first needle system and to release the needle portion from the needle holder,
- wherein the other of said lid aperture and said adapter aperture is at least partially defined by wall portions positioned to contact the needle holder of the second needle system for rotation and release of the needle portion from the needle holder, and
- wherein said lid includes two or more depressions adjacent said lid aperture, and said adapter includes a detent configured to extend into one of said depressions to facilitate said engagement between said adapter and said lid aperture.
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A container system for removing a needle portion from a needle holder of a needle system, said container system comprising:
- a receptacle defining an opening;
- a lid configured to cover said receptacle opening, said lid defining a lid aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a first needle system having a first configuration, thereby facilitating removal of the needle portion of the first needle system from the needle holder of the first needle system, said lid including two or more depressions adjacent said lid aperture;
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- an adapter configured for engagement in said lid aperture, said adapter defining an adapter aperture having a shape configured to contact a surface of a second needle system having a second configuration, thereby facilitating removal of the needle portion of the second needle system from the needle holder of the second needle system, said adapter including a detent configured to extend into one of said depressions to facilitate said engagement between said adapter and said lid aperture,
- wherein said lid aperture is at least partially defined by converging wall portions positioned to contact a release mechanism of the needle holder of the first needle system to expand an opening defined in the needle holder to release the needle portion from the needle holder, and
- wherein the adapter aperture is at least partially defined by a rectangular portion positioned to contact a substantially rectangular portion of the needle holder of the second needle system thereby facilitating rotation and release of the needle portion from the needle holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.