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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
Mark Sprinkle, Colora, MD (US);
Masahiko Kobayashi, Nakakoma, JP;
Christopher Bosel, Bloomington, IN (US);
Mark Sprinkle, Colora, MD (US);
Masahiko Kobayashi, Nakakoma, JP;
Christopher Bosel, Bloomington, IN (US);
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A safety needle assembly includes a needle holder assembly, a cannula fixed to the needle holder assembly, a protector positioned over the cannula and removable to expose the cannula, and a sheath. The sheath is pivotally mounted on the needle holder assembly to permit the sheath to be pivoted relative to the needle holder assembly in a direction toward the cannula from a non-covering position in which the cannula is exposed after removal of the protector to a covering position in which the cannula is covered by the sheath. The sheath can also be provided with flat surfaces adapted to successively engage a portion of the needle holder assembly as the sheath is pivoted relative to the needle holder assembly. The needle holder assembly can include a tubular syringe barrel or a tubular needle holder adapted to receive an evacuated tube.