Patent ID: 6257408
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A needle sheathing safety device for grasping and retaining a needle and needle cap of a hypodermic needle comprising:a container having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and two spaced apart interior walls each parallel with, spaced apart from and about the height of an outside access wall, the outside access wall being one of either the front, rear or side walls, and a bottom wherein the front, rear and side walls are attached to the bottom of said container to form said container having an interior;at least one axially aligned set of three openings disposed respectively in the outside access wall and the two interior walls; andthe openings of a set of openings in the outside access wall and its adjacent interior wall are adapted to be smaller than a flange of the needle cap so that a length of the needle cap may be held in openings of the interior walls and is movable back and forth therein to the extent of the space between the outside access wall and its adjacent interior wall, and the opening in outside access wall is effectively larger than a largest diameter of a needle hub of the needle contained in the needle cap for accepting and retaining the hypodermic needle and needle hub along its longitudinal axis within said axially aligned openings and withdrawal of the needle from the needle cap through the opening in the outside access wall.