Patent ID: 6206855
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A guard shield for finger and hand protection of medical personnel comprising:a funnel member of conical configuration having a wide entrance defined by a semi-circular edge having opposing corners of said semi-circular edge joined by a continuous and uninterrupted linear edge;said funnel member having an opening of reduced diameter as compared with said wide entrance and with said opening of reduced diameter constituting an apex of said funnel member;said funnel member having a conical wall with an interior surface defining an open-ended passageway between said wide entrance and said opening of reduced diameter at said apex;a syringe protector sleeve insertably disposed in and retained in said opening of reduced diameter in an interference fit with a major portion of said syringe protector sleeve exposed beyond said apex;a needle syringe having an elongated needle disposed in said syringe protector sleeve;said funnel member further comprising a conical tapered fitting as part of said conical wall adjacent said apex and cantilevered outwardly from said apex;said conical tapered fitting defining a tapered portion of said passageway insertably receiving and releasably holding said syringe protector sleeve in said interference fit;said syringe protector sleeve having a collar carried at a selected end thereof and bearing against said tapered portion of said passageway;said conical tapered fitting retaining said syringe protector sleeve whereby said syringe, said funnel member and said syringe protector sleeve provide a unitary assembly for disposal purposes.