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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Nobuo Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Masahisa Tanimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A safety indwelling needle including an inner needle unithaving an inner needle, an inner needle huband a housing memberdisposed at a distal side of the inner needle hub, and an outer needle unithaving an outer needle, an outer needle huband an outer needle cap, characterized in that the housing memberincludes openings for allowing penetration of the inner needleat a distal end and a proximal end thereof, an internal space for storing only a distal end portion of the inner needleincluding a needlepointthereof when the inner needleis drawn out from the outer needle, and a shielding member which automatically closes the opening at the proximal end of the housing memberby a magnetic force.