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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:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
J Martin Hogan, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604263 ; 128D / ; 604177 ;
Abstract
A sheath for use in removing hypodermic needles having butterfly-shaped gripping side strips from patients and retaining the point of the removed needle in the sheath even when the needle and sheath are disposed of so that all persons who handle the needle are protected from being pricked.