Patent ID: 6929126

Claim:
A syringe disposal device suitable for disposal of a single syringe having a needle having a hub, a barrel, a plunger and, on the barrel or plunger, a transversely extending portion, the disposal device including: a needle encapsulating portion; a syringe barrel encapsulating portion; and a syringe retention portion, wherein said syringe retention portion, having greater external dimension along substantially its whole length than an outer diameter of the syringe barrel encapsulating portion and the needle encapsulating portion, has an open end for insertion of a syringe therein and an opposed end communicating said retention portion with said syringe barrel encapsulating portion, engagement means being provided at or proximate, said opposed end of said syringe retention portion for retaining a syringe within the disposal device after passage of said transversely extending portion of the syringe barrel or plunger past said engagement means by interference fit; a morse taper for engaging the needle hub at a transition between said syringe barrel encapsulating: portion and said needle encapsulating portion.