Safety blood collector device
US6805689B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M5/3272
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A blood collector system utilizes a standard disposable needle assembly and standard blood collecting and receiving tubes of the type sealed by a pierceable septum. The system has a hollow cylinder, including an internally apertured sleeve into which the needle assembly is mounted and into which the sealed blood collecting tubes are inserted to be pierced by a needle of the needle assembly. A protective sheath with two clips is concentrically mounted to the barrel cylinder with slot on both sides of the barrel so that the hollow cylinder can move down to cover the patent contacted needle. On both side of the barrel, there are one upper slot and one lower slot, a slot channel between the upper slot and lower slot. The clip is shaped so that it can be snap in the upper and lower slot and can be only slide down from the upper slot to lower slot, but not backwards. After the needle is taken out from a patient, the clip will be pushed down out of the upper slot, then slide down through the slot channel, then be pushed down to snap in the low slot of the barrel in order to cover the used needle from a patient. The apparatus of the invention eliminates the health care worker's exposure to…
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