Patent ID: 9555196
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A safety syringe assembly support system for use with a syringe, the support system comprising: a first sheath; a second sheath, where the first and second sheath are configured to move relative to each other from a start position to a final position; a pre-stressed spring exerting a biasing force on both the first and second sheath when in the start position; and at least two retaining tongues on the first sheath engaged with retaining surfaces on the second sheath; at least two activation tongues on the second sheath configured to cooperate with a periphery of a syringe head such that when the syringe head engages the activation tongues, the activation tongues are radially deflected urging the at least two retaining tongues to disengage from retaining surfaces causing the first and second sheaths to move relative to each other from the start position to the final position, wherein one of the sheaths comprises a rigid first portion and an end piece that is configured to contact a skin of a patient, where the end piece is flexible, has a tapering frustoconical free end, and has a Shore hardness in a range from 30 Hs to 80 Hs.