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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:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Applicants:
James O'reagan, Greer, SC (US);
Douglas Kennemore, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
James O'Reagan, Greer, SC (US);
Douglas Kennemore, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Span-America Medical Systems, Inc., Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a needle-stick protector for an intravenous catheter having a body, a needle hub, a needle, and means for ensuring that the needle-stick protector is not removed from a catheter hub before the needle is fully retracted and locked in the body of the needle-stick protector.