Patent ID: 6158314
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A61M,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for disabling and disposing of a single-use hypodermic syringe, the syringe including a syringe barrel having a barrel hub, a syringe plunger slidably received in the syringe barrel and a syringe needle integrally formed with or removably secured to the hub of the syringe barrel, said apparatus comprising:a severing means for severing the syringe barrel, said severing means having a syringe receiving opening for receiving at least a portion of the syringe barrel and a stop for delimiting passage of the syringe barrel through said syringe receiving opening and stabilizing the syringe barrel in said syringe receiving opening, said severing means further having a cutting blade disposed above said stop, whereby the entire syringe needle is removed by severing the syringe barrel without severing the syringe needle, said severing means further including an actuating mechanism for actuating operation of said cutting blade and imparting a force on said cutting blade to securely seat the syringe in said needle receiving opening as the syringe barrel is severed, said actuating mechanism being a knob disposed about said needle receiving opening such that rotation of said knob imparts a horizontal rotational force to said cutting blade to cut the syringe barrel above the syringe needle; anda receiving receptacle having an open end for receiving said severing means and a closed end opposite said open end, said receiving receptacle for receiving and collecting the portion of the syringe barrel severed from the single-use hypodermic needle and the entire needle attached thereto.