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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. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G. Holdaway, Storrs, CT (US);
P. Spencer Kinsey, Vernon, CT (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Plexus, Inc., Vernon, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 ;
Abstract
A needle assembly ( ) for insertion or removal of fluids has a housing ( ) that defines a flash chamber ( ) that is radially offset from the longitudinal axis of the needle. An enhanced surface area display member ( ) can be installed in an observable location in a needle housing ( ) to facilitate observation of the fluid therein.