Pocket-sized needle remover and receptacle
OwnerEvelyne Johnson aka Mindesinventor
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Abstract
A device for severing syringe needles and storing the same for later disposal includes a lower box portion with a substantially flat bottom hinged to an upper lid portion, and a guillotine-like mechanism and an adjacent diaphragm spanning the two portions of an opposing side of the device. The guillotine preferably includes an angled blade in cross section such that when the needle is cut it is projected further through the diaphragm and into the device. The overall configuration and severing operation is in some ways akin to that of a stapler, in that a used syringe needle is inserted into a small gap between the two portions, and the top pushed down operating the guillotine to remove and retain the needle.
Claims9
A device for capturing used syringe needles for safe storage comprising:
- a lower box portion;
- an upper lid portion movably connected to the lower box portion;
- a guillotine spanning the lower box portion and upper lid portion;
- a diaphragm spanning the lower box portion and upper lid portion adjacent the guillotine,
- whereby a syringe needle after use may be inserted into the guillotine and the diaphragm and the upper lid portion and lower box portion moved together thereby cutting and retaining the needle.
A method of removing and safely storing needles from used syringes comprising the steps of:
- providing a receptacle having sides forming an enclosure and an opening between the sides and an inward angled cutting surface attached to one of the sides and a diaphragm proximate the cutting surface inside the enclosure;
- inserting a syringe needle between the mating cutting surfaces;
- and
- forcibly bringing the sides of the enclosure together thereby cutting the needle and propelling the needle through the diaphragm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.