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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randall S Shillington, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David R Millar, Orange, CA (US);
Rex O Bare, Lake Forrest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Med-Safe Systems, Inc., Oceanside, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604403 ; 600573 ; 206366 ; 206370 ;
Abstract
A needle removal apparatus, comprises a support member having an elongated track formed therein, a carriage mounted in the track and moveable back and forth on the track, a coupling device mounted on the carriage and adapted for receiving and coupling to a needle hub, a drive for rotating the coupling device and unthreading the needle from the syringe collar upon movement with the guide along the track, and biasing means for normally biasing the carriage to one end of the track.