Patent ID: 8801672

Claim:
A pivotable needle protector, wherein the needle is enveloped by a protective tube with a slit on the side and pivotable around a hinge, the hinge of the protective tube is connected to an appendix fixed on the part of the needle toward the syringe, in the inside of the protective tube there are valve elements on both sides away from the slit, functioning as check valve regarding the movement of the needle, wherein the check valve consist of two valve elements ( 6 ), one of the valve element ( 6 ) is a longer slab, and the other valve element ( 6 ) is shorter slab, which are elongated from the inner surface of the protective tube ( 3 ), and the two valve elements ( 6 ) are nearly perpendicular to each other, and there is a gap between the slab edge of the shorter valve element ( 6 ) and the slab surface of the longer valve element ( 6 ), which gap is smaller than the diameter of the needle ( 2 ), and wherein before the check valve, at least one more valve is formed in the protective tube ( 3 ) in direct connection with the needle ( 2 ) when moving, preventing only the two-way movement of the needle ( 2 ) with the help of one or more flexible valve membranes ( 8 ) protruding from the wall of the protective tube ( 3 ).