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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Greg L. Brimhall, West Jordan, UT (US);
Inventor:
Greg L. Brimhall, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A needle shield system may include a needle, an inner tube, a clip within the inner tube, an outer tube, and/or a housing. A method of shielding a needle may include housing a portion of a needle within a clip, housing the clip within an inner tube, housing the inner tube within an outer tube, housing the outer tube within a housing, interlocking the outer tube and the housing, withdrawing the needle from the clip, trapping a tip of the needle between the clip and the inner tube, partially withdrawing the inner tube from the outer tube, and/or releasing the outer tube and the housing from each other.