Patent ID: 6719731
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A protection device for a medical needle connected to a portion of a tube, comprising:a protection casing (20) adapted to engage and cover the needle after use, the protection casing being initially applied in a position to a rear of a point (11) of the needle; a front end (25) of the protection casing adapted to face the point of the needle when extracting the needle from a patient's body; a rear portion (30) engaged with the protection casing having securing means for securing the device to the tube (15) during extraction of the needle; thrust means on the protection casing for increasing a distance between the securing means and said front end (25) to move the needle into an interior of the protection casing during extraction of the needle, wherein said front end (25) has a groove in a lower side of the protection casing allowing passage of the needle, and the rear portion is open on a lower face thereof, to enable the rear portion to be positioned over and about the tube and against the patient's body, and wherein the protection casing (20) comprises diverging opposing lateral walls (21, 22) compressable towards each other to produce an increase in a longitudinal dimension and consequently in a distance between the rear portion and the front end of the protection casing, and cover means which define, together with the opposing lateral walls, a tubular portion for enclosing and covering the needle (10), when said lateral walls are compressed towards each other.