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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:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Applicant:
H. Robert Moorehead, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
H. Robert Moorehead, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methodology are disclosed for entrapping a used intravenous needle in a needle trap and removing the needle and the trap from a catheter tube so as to avoid risk of injury to both the patient and the medical attendant.