Patent ID: 7662134
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A needle stick protection device, comprising: a housing; a locking member positioned within the housing to permit the selective locking of the needle relative to the housing, the locking member comprising spring biased, first and second upwardly extending arms, the first and second upwardly extending arms being biased relative to each other and respectively including a first needle aperture and second needle aperture; a release member associated with the locking member for facilitating the controlled release of a needle locked in position by the locking member, the release member engaging the first upwardly extending arm and the second upwardly extending arm such that selective movement of the release member causes the first and second upwardly extending arms to move between a first locking position in which the first and second upwardly extending arms are angled relative to each other and a second release position in which the first and second upwardly extending arms are substantially parallel; wherein the first and second needle apertures are oriented to permit the free passage of a needle therethrough when the locking member is in its second release position and the first and second needle apertures are oriented to lock the needle relative to the locking member when the first and second upwardly extending arms are in their first locking position; and a self-locking member to permanently lock the needle within the housing, and wherein the self-locking member extends through the housing for selective engagement with the release member preventing movement of the release member from the first locking position to the second release position.