METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING OR COVERING A PERCUTANEOUS PUNCTURE SITE

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and deploying a protective cover about a percutaneous puncture site formed by a hypodermic needle (110). In the preferred embodiment, a marking agent or puncture site covering (102), the latter of which preferably takes the form of a bandage, is releasably secured upon either the needle hub of the hypodermic needle or on a sliding member or sleeve axially moveable along the length of said needle that forms a marking or detaches therefrom once compressed about the puncture site.