West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Salvus Technology Gmbh

Anthony L Eaton

Paul H Norton

Douglas Arthur Emmott

Terence Edward Weston

John R Wolfe

Timothy M Miller

Neil Anthony Strausbaugh

Anthony Licence

Neil Starusbaugh

A safety needle for automatically covering a tip of a needle following removal of the needle from a patient is provided. The safety needle includes an injection device and a packing sleeve. The injection device has an initial position and an intermediate position. The packing sleeve has a generally hollow body surrounding at least a portion of the injection device in the initial position and the intermediate position. The hollow body includes at least one track having an activation leg and a releasing leg. The at least one track is configured to slidingly engage with at least one member of the injection device to move the injection device to the intermediate position. The packing sleeve is removable from the injection device only when the injection device is in the intermediate position.

Safety needle

A plunger tip for being located on a distal end of a syringe plunger and for sliding sealed engagement with an interior surface of a syringe barrel includes a core constructed of a generally rigid material. The core has a first end for being secured to the plunger, a second end and an endless sidewall between the first and second ends. An elastomeric sleeve at least partially surrounds the endless sidewall of the core.

Dual material plunger tip for use with a syringe

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Watsontown, PA, United States of America

Anthony L Eaton