Patent ID: 6261264
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A safety needle cap assembly comprising:a hub;a needle attached to the hub;a safety needle cap having a first needle ready position and a second needle safety position, said cap having a pocket and including a front face portion having an opening through which the needle passes in the first position and side wall means connected to said front face portion and extending in a rearward direction from said front face portion;a compressible resilient member having a first end connected to said safety needle cap and a second end secured to the hub portion for urging the cap to the second safety position;at least one cap extension member secured to and extending substantially in the rearward direction from said safety needle cap towards and overlying the hub portion;said safety needle cap being constructed to prevent the passage therethrough of the needle other than through said first opening, and when said cap is in the first pre-ready position with said resilient member compressed, and when said resilient member is then released, said cap is urged forward by the resilient member over the tip of the needle to the second safety position such that the tip of the needle is captured within the pocket of the cap; andan enclosure releasably secured to and about the hub and about at least a portion of said at least one extension member while said needle, said safety needle cap and said resilient member are in said first needle ready position, said at least one extension member extending between the hub and enclosure, the hub, extension member and enclosure being arranged so that the extension member is held to the hub by friction squeezing action of the enclosure to the hub for retaining the needle cap in the first needle ready position.