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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Owen Mumford Ltd., Oxfordshire, GB;
Inventor:
Damian Alexander Holland, Oxfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Owen Mumford Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 5/3213 (2013.01); A61M 5/3245 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3247 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3261 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for use with a syringe for providing a safety syringe, the apparatus including a sheath () deployable for at least partially covering a needle () of the syringe; and a sheath actuator () for deploying the sheath by interaction with a sheath deployment mechanism (); the sheath being configured to be stationary in relation to the needle until a syringe plunger () reaches a sheath release point on its inward stroke, and the sheath actuator being configured for deployment of the sheath on movement of the sheath actuator relative to the syringe plunger after the sheath release point.