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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Sta-med, Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
David P. Allen, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Edward P. Browka, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jessie Delgado, Durham, NC (US);
Matthew R. Penny, Cary, NC (US);
David L. Foshee, Apex, NC (US);
Theodore J. Mosler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sta-Med, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An automatically locking safety device, e.g., for use in a blood collection procedure, can include a housing, first and second needle covers that are at least partly received in the housing, and a needle that is at least partly received in at least one of the first and second needle covers. The needle can include a proximal tip configured for placement into a patient and a distal tip configured for placement into a blood collection vial. In some embodiments, the first and second needle covers are biased by a biasing member. In some cases, one or both of the first and second needle covers can be locked to prevent axial movement thereof after the blood collection procedure. In certain embodiments, a distal end of the device is configured to connect with a medical connector, such as a needleless IV access device.