Patent ID: 6053173
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
The process of avoiding contact with the forward projecting needle of a needle assembly including a forward portion from which said needle projects and a rearwardly extending shank portion by providing a containing cap having an open bottom end and a closed forward end with the bottom end adapted to extend over the needle assembly forward portion and the cap enclosing said open needle therein and further providing a fixture having an opening adapted to receive and position said cap with its open end upright, including the steps of grasping the combined assembly of the needle assembly and cap solely by the cap and manipulating the cap so as to attach the shank portion to an electrolysis handle and thereafter manipulating the cap so as to release said cap from said needle assembly after said needle assembly is positioned in said handle and thereafter placing said cap into said fixture opening so as to position said cap with its open end upright, and thereafter manipulating said electrolysis handle with the needle assembly attached thereto so that the forward portion of the needle assembly with the needle extending therefrom extends into the open end of the cap so positioned in the fixture so as to frictionally attach the cap to said forward portion, thereafter removing the needle assembly from the fixture with the cap still frictionally attached to said forward portion and thereafter grasping and manipulating the cap so as to remove the combined assembly from the electrolysis handle and discarding the combined assembly while the needle is still attached to said cap.