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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:
Nov. 19, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald G Russell, Kensington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604110 ; 604192 ;
Abstract
A protective sheath for encasing a hypodermic needle before and after use includes a funnel-shaped guard at one end to guide a needle into the sheath and protect the user's fingers in the process. The sheath is composed of a tubular sleeve having relatively rigid tube sections at each end and a flexible intermediate section. After a hypodermic needle has been used, the needle is inserted into the protective sheath and the sheath with the encased needle is bent to decommission the needle and capture the needle within the sheath for disposal.