HUBER NEEDLE ASSEMBLY WITH SAFETY CAPTURE DEVICE

摘要

A Huber needle assembly with safety capture device includes at least a body, a needle, and a movable arm. The movable arm is pivotable relative to the body, and includes a capture hood at a distal end thereof. The capture hood is cylindrical, includes a perimeter side wall having an outer face and an inner face, and has open proximal end. The capture hood includes a slot through the perimeter side wall, providing access into an internal chamber defined by the perimeter side wall. The slot extends longitudinally over at least a portion of the length of the capture hood, and at least a portion of the slot has a width less than the outside diameter of the needle to capture a tip of the needle therein when the movable arm pivots to a safety-capture position.

主权项

1. A Huber needle assembly with safety capture device, comprising:
a body; a needle distally extending from the body; at least one handle fixed relative to the needle and the body; a movable arm having distal and proximal ends, the movable arm capable of pivoting relative to the body; a capture hood residing at the distal end of the movable arm, the capture hood being generally cylindrical about a longitudinal axis thereof and further defined by:
a perimeter side wall about the longitudinal axis, the perimeter side wall having an outer face and an inner face relative to the longitudinal axis;an open proximal end; anda slot through the perimeter side wall, the slot having a depth defined by a thickness of the side wall between the outer face and the inner face of the side wall, the slot having two sides, each characterized by an edge along the depth defined by the thickness of the side wall between the outer face and the inner face of the side wall, the slot providing access into an internal cylindrical chamber of the capture hood defined in part by the perimeter side wall, the slot extending longitudinally over at least a portion of the length of the capture hood to the open proximal end of the capture hood, at least a portion of the slot having a width less than an outside diameter of the needle.