Patent ID: 7984805

Claim:
A medical sharps retardation apparatus for retarding the future use of medical sharps, such as a needle, said sharp having a hollow bore, circular in nature, having an exposed distal end capable of puncture or slicing and an enclosed proximal end opposed of said exposed end, each end located along a common axis and whereby said enclosed end is conjunctively attached to a medical apparatus which contains a reservoir which is fluidly connected to interior of said sharp, comprising; an upper housing ( 2 ), having an exterior and interior, and an upper and lower portion, said upper portion being adapted for receiving said exposed end of said sharp allowing entrance into said interior of said apparatus through a centrally located passageway ( 14 ), said interior of said upper housing comprising gripping element alignment means ( 28 ), pivoting means ( 15 ), containment sealing means ( 61 ) hermetic sealing means and locating means ( 7 ), said locating means consisting of an inverse conically shaped ring designed to guide said sharp into said passageway; an enveloping member ( 17 ) constructed of a material suitable for puncture by said sharp, said member located within, sharing a common longitudinal axis and in circumferential contact with said interior of said upper housing, said member configured with at least one buoying arm ( 19 ) and a bulbous hub, said arm concentrically located about said hub, said arm vertically emanating from an exterior side ( 25 ) of said member, upper circumferential ring ( 62 ) of said enveloping member being in compressive contact with said containment sealing means ( 61 ) of said upper housing, a set of gripping means ( 16 ) for facilitating uni-directional longitudinal access of said sharps through said centrally located passageway of said upper housing portion, said set held in vertical symmetry by said gripping element alignment means and having rotational contact with said pivoting means in said interior portion upper housing and in tangential contact with said buoying arm of said enveloping member, members of said set of said gripping means in circumferential contact with other member of said set, point of said circumferential contact located in longitudinal alignment with said centrally located passageway; and a bottom encasement lid adapted to seal hermetically with said interior of said upper housing, said hermetic seal being accomplished through a shear welding of vertically interfering walls ( 21 , 59 ) and butt welding of horizontal surfaces ( 31 , 60 ), said enveloping member hermetically sealing through compressive contact between lower side ( 64 ) of said enveloping member and an escapement prevention seal ( 18 ) of said lid.