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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. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Shillington, Leucadia, CA (US);
Kenneth R McCord, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Med-Safe Systems, Inc., Oceanside, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206366 ; 29240 ; 206370 ;
Abstract
A needle removal apparatus, comprises a support member having a throughbore, a tubular sleeve reciprocally mounted in the throughbore for movement from an outermost position to an innermost position, a spring normally biasing the sleeve to the outermost position, a helical slot for constraining the sleeve to rotate during movement between the outermost position and the innermost positions, and a coupling at an inner end of the sleeve for coupling to a needle hub for unthreading the needle hub from an end of a tubular barrel during movement with the sleeve to the innermost position.