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Conmed Corporation

Consolidated Medical Equipment, Inc.

Edward H Majka

William W Abraham

Robert J Tanoory

A wire collection apparatus for use with a wire cutting machine. The apparatus comprises a tubular wire channel, a rotating tubular channel closure, and an actuator device. The wire channel contains an axial opening along the entire length of the channel. The channel contains a proximal opened end for receiving a portion of wire from the cutting machine and a distal opened end for allowing the leading terminus of the wire portion to extend therethrough, if necessary. The channel closure is positioned inside of and is substantially concentric with the wire channel. The closure contains an axial opening along the entire length of the closure and contains opened ends in alignment with the proximal and distal ends, respectively, of the wire channel. The closure is rotatable inside the channel between opened and closed positions to open and close the axial opening of the channel, respectively. The axial openings of the closure and the channel are in alignment in the opened position and out of alignment in the closed position. The actuating device is coupled to the closure and configured to rotate the closure between the opened and the closed positions.

Wire collection apparatus

A holder for securing and protecting an intravenous injection needle when the needle is inserted in the body of a patient is disclosed. The holder includes a flat base having an adhesive bottom with an aperture located in the middle of the base. A clear plastic window, having an adhesive bottom, is placed over the aperture on the base. When the needle is inserted in the body, the base is placed over the needle so that the insertion site lies in the middle of the aperture. The base securely holds the needle in place, and the clear window covers and protects the needle while allowing the needle insertion site to be observed. The window can be partially peeled back to provide access to the needle, and if desired the window may be completely peeled off and replaced. A see through gauze pad to which an antibiotic salve can be applied is also disclosed. This gauze pad is removably placed underneath the clear window in the aperture. In order to prevent any further stress on the needle, a fully adhesive strip is placed across the tube leading to the needle. Adjacent to this adhesive strip is a second adhesive strip with a central non-adhesive portion. The first adhesive strip holds the tube securely in place, while the second adhesive strip holds the tube to the body but allows the tube to slide beneath the strip.

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Utica, NY, United States of America

Edward H Majka