| 摘要 |
An apparatus for storing a hypodermic needle which is adapted to permit the hypodermic needle to be removed and later recapped by relative lateral movement between the apparatus and the needle. The storage apparatus comprises a housing having an inner cylindrical chamber which is closed at one end into which the hypodermic needle may be inserted. The hypodermic needle includes an enlarged hub which engages the upper, open end of the housing. The wall of the housing chamber is longitudinally severed along the housing axis from the open upper end of the housing to the closed bottom end thereof. Sheathing tabs are secured to the outer surface of the housing, the sheathing tabs being oriented in opposition to the severed slot in the housing. The outer surfaces of the housing adjacent the severed wall of the housing chamber extend upwardly and outwardly into guide flanges which are in opposition to the sheathing tab. When suitable force is applied to the sheathing tabs, the longitudinal edges of the cylindrical wall of the housing which define the severed slot are separated thereby permitting the hypodermic needle to be removed or easily reinserted between the guiding flanges and through the lateral opening in the wall of the housing.
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