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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Leroy Johnston, Arcadia, CA (US);
Manuel Garfield Perkins, Gardena, CA (US);
Lynn Zaugg Youngberg, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
American Hospital Supply Corporation, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1282 / ; 128221 ;
Abstract
A destructible hypodermic syringe with a segmented Luer lock sleeve surrounding a scored needle adapter. The individual segments of this sleeve have sufficient lateral stability to lock a needle on the adapter, and at least one segment can flex laterally in an outward direction so the adapter can be broken at its scored line.