Patent ID: 7399292
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A dual blunting needle assembly comprising: a hub including a longitudinal wall having an internal lumen extending between opposing first and second ends and an opening extending therethrough into said internal lumen; an intravenous puncture tip extending from said first end of said hub and a non-patient puncture tip extending from said second end of said hub, said intravenous puncture tip and said non-patient puncture tip in fluid communication; a first blunting tip in concentric relation with and proximate said intravenous puncture tip and a second blunting tip in concentric relation with and proximate said non-patient blunting tip; and an actuator with first and second portions displaceable with respect to each other, said actuator extending through said opening of said wall of said hub and in engagement with either said intravenous puncture tip and said non-patient puncture tip or with said first blunting tip and said second blunting tip, wherein movement of said actuator within said opening causes said first and second portions to move with respect to each other, thereby causing relative axial displacement between said intravenous puncture tip and said first blunting tip such that said intravenous puncture tip is blunted by said first blunting tip, and between said non-patient puncture tip and said second blunting tip such that said non-patient puncture tip is blunted by said second blunting tip.