Patent ID: 7387617

Claim:
A needle guard for a glass syringe with a needle having a longitudinal axis, the needle guard comprising: a closure stopper; a retaining element having a substantially hollow cylinder shape and an opening formed therein for receiving a portion of a syringe body of the glass syringe; a protective element having a substantially hollow cylinder shape and receiving a portion of said retaining element and said closure stopper, said protective element having a section with a continuous circumferential wall surrounding said closure stopper said closure stopper and said retaining element made of an elastic material and said protective element made of a harder material being harder than said elastic material, said closure stopper and said retaining element made of a gas-permeable material permeable to a gas used for sterilization; and longitudinal slits extending along the longitudinal axis formed between said closure stopper and said section of said protective element, said longitudinal slits extending towards said opening of said retaining element, said longitudinal slits configured for extending along a length of the needle when the needle guard is attached to the syringe.