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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Terry Shaffer, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jeanette Perlick, Potau, OK (US);
Robert Burns, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A tool is used to assist in the manual insertion and removal of a needle into a medical device implanted under the skin of a patient. The tool includes an elongated body having a handle section and an enlarged guard section with an elongated slot extending from an edge of the guard section into the guard section, terminating at an internal portion of the guard section. Preferably, the guard section of this tool is transparent, and it has indicia thereon which assist in aligning the tool with the implanted medical device. The guard section may include a depression on its underside which overlies the implanted medical device when the guard is placed in position for accessing or deaccessing the needle.