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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
David John Cross, Northhampton, GB;
Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Wellesbourne, GB;
Alasdair George Young, Chipping Norton, GB;
Naceur Rekaya, Leamington Spa, GB;
David John Cross, Northhampton, GB;
Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Wellesbourne, GB;
Alasdair George Young, Chipping Norton, GB;
Naceur Rekaya, Leamington Spa, GB;
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a safety needle assembly has a needle guard that prevents accidental needle sticks before and after an injection. A locking collar rotates during use as an inner protrusion follows three paths of a track located on the outer surface of a body housing. When the inner facing protrusion is in the third path, it encounters a hard stop and a rotational bias that locks the guard from further retraction and, thus, covers the sharp distal end of the needle.