Safety blood collection assembly with indicator

US9095288B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Jamieson W. Crawford · New York, US
• Bradley M. Wilkinson · North Haledon, US
• Alvin Chee Leong Tan · Singapore, SG
• Tiong Yee Sim · Kluang, MY
• C. Mark Newby · Ramapo, US
• Jon Moh · Singapore, SG
• Robert G. Ellis · London, GB
• Neville Yu Leng Chia · Singapore, SG
• Benjamin R. Bartfeld · Ringwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 4, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/150603
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A needle assembly is disclosed. The needle assembly includes a housing having a flash chamber, and having a distal end and a proximal end engageable with a specimen collection container. The assembly includes a cannula having a patient end, a non-patient end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a cannula interior. The patient end of the cannula projects at least partially from the distal end of the housing, and the cannula interior is in fluid communication with the flash chamber. The assembly further includes a shield restrainably engaged with a portion of the housing and axially transitionable over the patient cannula from a retracted position in which the patient end is exposed, to an extended position in which the patient end is shielded by at least a portion of the shield, wherein at least a portion of the flash chamber is visible in the retracted position.