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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Jamieson W. Crawford, Hagerten, SE;
Robert G. Ellis, Wayne, NJ (US);
Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, NJ (US);
Benjamin R. Bartfeld, Ringwood, NJ (US);
C. Mark Newby, Tuxedo, NY (US);
Chee Leong Alvin Tan, Singapore, SG;
Jon Yaohan Moh, Singapore, SG;
Tiong Yee Sim, Kulai Johor, MY;
Neville Yu Leng Chia, Singapore, SG;
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A blood collection assembly includes a housing and a cannula extending distally from the housing including a patient end, and a cannula shield removably engaged with a portion of the housing. The cannula shield is capable of shielding at least the patient end of the cannula, and includes a safety shield engagement. The assembly includes a pivoting safety shield engaged with a portion of the housing, which is transitionable from a retracted position in which the patient end of the cannula is exposed, to an extended position in which the patient end of the cannula is shielded by at least a portion of the safety shield. The safety shield includes at least one locking tab releasably engageable with the safety shield engagement, wherein the locking tab is fixedly engageable with a portion of the housing in the extended position.