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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Applicant:
L.o.m. Laboratories Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Ralph E. Woloschuk, St. Albert, CA;
Scott E. Castanon, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Warren Marc Terry, Poway, CA (US);
Joseph James Baker, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Assignee:
L.O.M. Laboratories Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/153 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/150572 (2013.01); A61B 5/153 (2013.01); A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61B 5/150236 (2013.01); A61B 5/150259 (2013.01); A61B 5/150343 (2013.01); A61B 5/150389 (2013.01); A61B 5/150473 (2013.01); A61B 5/150595 (2013.01); A61B 5/150709 (2013.01); A61B 5/150717 (2013.01); A61B 5/150732 (2013.01);
Abstract
Blood collection devices having a retractable needle are provided. Activation of the retraction mechanism causes release of propellant from a propellant chamber, which drives a retraction assembly carrying the needle into a body of the device.