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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:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
William H Hollister, Nelson, NH (US);
Assignee:
Smiths Industries Medical Systems, Inc., Keene, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206365 ; 604192 ;
Abstract
The needle assembly holder of the present invention has mounted about its receptacle end a rotatable safety sheath so that irrespective of how the top of the cannula of the needle assembly is oriented with respect to the holder, the user can nonetheless obtain an unobstructed view of the tip of the cannula by rotating the safety sheath out of her line of sight.