Patent ID: 11890458
Assignee: MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A Huber safety needle assembly comprising:
a body having an upper portion and a lower portion;
a needle configured to be received in the body, wherein the needle extends in a first direction from a rear of the assembly to a front of the assembly, makes a 90-degree bend, and extends in a second direction toward a bottom of the assembly which then leads to a needle tip;
an upper gripping portion coupled to the upper portion of the body and a lower gripping portion coupled to the lower portion of the body;
a hinge mechanism configured to operably transition the body between a closed configuration and an open configuration by displacing the upper portion of the body and the lower portion of the body from each other relative to a longitudinal axis extending through the needle along the second direction, the closed configuration allowing at least a portion of the needle including the needle tip to extend below a bottom surface of the lower portion of the body, and the open configuration allowing the needle tip to be securely received within the lower portion of the body such that it does not extend below the bottom surface of the lower portion of the body;
wherein the upper portion of the hinge mechanism couples the hinge mechanism to the upper portion of the body and the lower portion of the hinge mechanism couples the hinge mechanism to the lower portion of the body,
a first attachment point extending from the hinge mechanism, a second attachment point extending from the hinge mechanism, the first and second attachment points contact the needle on opposite sides and irreversibly securing the hinge mechanism to the needle when the hinge mechanism is in the open configuration, and
wherein the first attachment point extends from the upper portion of the hinge mechanism, and the second attachment point extends from the lower portion of the hinge mechanism.