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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Smiths Medical Asd, Inc., Rockland, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sean J. Albert, Barrington, NH (US);
Dennis M. Bialecki, Oxford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0618 (2013.01); A61M 5/3273 (2013.01); A61M 2005/325 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A needle guard clip assembly has a clip and a spring, the clip having a first wall with a needle passage therethrough, a generally parallel second wall, a strut connecting the two walls, and a heel extending from the first wall. The walls, strut, and heel are an integral piece. The spring is associated with and extends from the first wall.