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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. 28, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald B Luther, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Luther Medical Products, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604168 ; 604164 ; 604165 ; 604167 ; 604170 ; 604171 ; 604192 ;
Abstract
A needle blunting assembly for use with intravascular introducers, needles and other cannula which are insertable into the bodies such that they become contaminated with body fluids. The blunting apparatus comprises an elongate blunting member which is disposed within the bore of the needle or other tubular cannula, and is axially moveable from a 'nonblunting' position wherein the blunt distal tip of the blunting member is positioned within the bore of the needle or cannula, and a 'blunting' position wherein the blunt distal tip of the blunting member protrudes out of and beyond the distal tip of the needle or cannula.