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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vincent L. Vaillancourt, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 ; A61M 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 ; A61M 5/00 ;
Abstract
The safety needle employs a manually operable actuator that can be depressed into a housing in order to release a spring-biased slider that carries a hollow needle. Upon release, the slider moves into a position to retract the needle over a blunt cannula so that the blunt cannula protects against cutting by the needle. An actuator guard may also be employed to prevent inadvertent actuation of the actuator.