Patent ID: 8211065
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A needle stick protection device, comprising: a housing shaped and dimensioned for positioning about a syringe including a needle extending therefrom, the housing includes a first housing member telescopically coupled to a second housing member; the first housing member includes a first end shaped and dimensioned for receiving the syringe and a second end; the second housing member includes a first end and a substantially closed second end, the second end includes an aperture shaped and dimensioned to permit the passage of the needle therethrough; a locking assembly is associated with the first housing member and the second housing member for selectively controlling movement of the first housing member relative to the second housing member, the locking assembly includes a resilient first arcuate member and a resilient second arcuate member coupled at opposite ends thereof to define a locking ring shaped and dimensioned for positioning about the first housing member; the first arcuate member includes a concave inner surface; the second arcuate member includes a concave inner surface from which an inwardly directed long locator plug; wherein the locking ring moves between a locked orientation with the inwardly directed long locator plug preventing relative movement between the first housing member and the second housing member and a release orientation with the inwardly directed long locator plug moved from its interference position preventing relative movement between the first housing member and the second housing member.