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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:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A Stevenson, Santa Paula, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604192 ; 604263 ; 128919 ; 206365 ;
Abstract
A free-standing safety cap for storing contaminated medical instruments includes a sleeve, a stand on one end of the sleeve and a one-way locking mechanism on the other end. A user places the cap on a flat surface so that it is free standing and, without grasping the cap, inserts the instrument's contaminated sharp end into the cap. The one-way locking mechanism permanently secures the contaminated sharp end inside the cap. The stand can be formed with an opening for accessing the sleeve so that the cap can used for storing both the sterile and the contaminated instrument. This greatly reduces the risk of accidental puncture wounds to the cleaning and waste disposal personnel.