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Robert C Flome

Robert A Nelson

Robert Sigurd Nelson

A guard for a hypodermic syringe needle which keeps the extremities and particularly the hands well away from the syringe to prevent accidental punctures with contaminated needles. The needle guard is in the form of a cylindrical cap which slides over the needle having a manipulating device to remove and replace the guard while keeping the hands well away from the needle. In one embodiment the manipulating device is in the form of a flexible handle for removing the cap. As an alternative the end of the needle guard can be flared to provide a flat surface for receiving an adhesive. The needle is then removed by pressing the adhesive base to any convenient surface. The needle guard is replaced by simply inserting the needle in the guard and snapping the guard from the surface by giving the syringe a quick twist when the cap is fully seated over the needle.

Hypodermic syringe needle guard

A guard for a hypodermic syringe needle which keeps the extremities and particularly the hands well away from the syringe to prevent accidental punctures with contaminated needles. The needle guard is in the form of a cylindrical cap which slides over the needle having a manipulating device to remove and replace the guard while keeping the hands well away from the needle. In one embodiment the manipulating device is in the form of a flexible handle having a resilient clamping flanges which clamp the device around the barrel of the syringe. The extension has a webbed hinge allowing it to easily flex outward away from the syringe needle for removal or replacement of the end cap. Alternately the end cap may be hingedly attached to a collar slideable on the syringe barrel by which the cap can be slid downward to remove the cap and retracted to replace the cap. The needle guard may also be in the form of a second cylinder forming a slideably mounted sleeve on the syringe barrel to cover the needle when extended or expose the needle when retracted.

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Apple Valley, CA, United States of America

Robert C Flome