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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Applicant:
B. Braun Melsungen Ag, Melsungen, DE;
Inventors:
Soo Yong Tan, Penang, MY;
Kevin Woehr, Felsberg, DE;
Assignee:
B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0618 (2013.01); A61M 5/321 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 5/3205 (2013.01); A61M 5/3273 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61M 25/0631 (2013.01); A61M 25/0612 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A safety needle assembly having a first hub attached to a flexible tube and a second hub attached to a needle projecting through the flexible tube. A needle guard is positioned in an interior cavity of the first hub. The needle guard has a proximal wall having an opening and two arms each with an end and wherein the two ends spaced from and biased toward the needle in a ready position. In a particular example, a support is located inside the cavity of the first hub and wherein the two ends of the two arms on the needle guard rest on the support in the ready position.