This invention includes an external protective sheath for normally enclosing a medical needle to provide a safety protective enclosure normally surrounding the needle, but being adapted to be temporarily removed from needle enclosing protective position to expose the needle for use in penetrating a patient's blood vessel for injection of medication from a syringe or for introduction of intravenous tubing and said sheath being moveable back into protective position around the needle after use.
A protecting cap structure for the needle of a syringe, wherein, the structure is provided with a protecting sleeve having a receiving space for receiving a needle. The protecting sleeve is comprised of a foldable cover and a cylindrical extendible member connected with each other; the cylindrical extendible member is a hollow cylinder, the shank of the cylindrical extendible member has a compression portion; a pair of foldable portions are provided in neighboring to the compression portion; the foldable cover is in the shape of a semi-cylinder, one end of the foldable cover is connected with the cylindrical extendible member, in order that when the cover is folded to close, it cooperates with the cylindrical extendible member to envelop and fast envelop the needle to prevent the needle from accident stabbing.
A winged needle with which the needle can be safely exposed and covered. The winged needle comprises a base into which the needle is rooted, wings which can be folded to cover the needle, sheath-portion of the wings which surrounds the needle on all sides when the wings are folded, and a coupling device which couples the wings. This structure enables a user to handle the winged needle from the base side without having his hand face the needle tip, significantly reducing the possibility of puncturing the user's hands.
A needle protection safety package, instead of being enclosed in a pouch or other containment wrappings, has fitted thereto at respective ends thereof caps or sheaths so that both the needle and the end to which a syringe is adapted to mate remain enclosed and sterile. Such an arrangement enables easy transport of the safety needle package and provides convenience for the user at the same time. The safety package is further designed to prevent burring of the tip of the needle as the cap or sheath is removed from the needle portion of the package. The safety device of the safety package incorporates a locking mechanism which prevents contact between the needle and the housing as the housing is pivoted to envelop the needle after use.
The present invention is a needle cover assembly for a syringe. The present invention relates to a two-part needle cover assembly. One part of the cover extends over the head of the needle so that the split is not symmetrically down the middle of the cover but is instead along an arc greater than 180.degree.. There are two halves to the needle cover assembly but they are not split evenly, they are instead around 270.degree. or so for one part and 90.degree. for the other part. The two halves of needle cover assembly are hingeably attached to a hollow hub. A rotatable collar surrounds the hollow hub, and when the rotatable collar is rotated by 90.degree., the two halves are apart so that the portions of the needle cover are away from each other, thereby exposing the needle so that it can be used for injecting a person with medicine. After the injection has been given, the two halves of the needle cover assembly can be closed by rotating the rotatable collar 90.degree..
The present invention is an improved needle cover assembly for a syringe. The needle cover assembly includes a first half and an opposite unequal second half with an arc shaped inner shell such that the first half encloses the arc shaped inner shell of the second half of the needle cover assembly. The arc shaped inner shell of the second half extends over the tip of the needle and the first half of the elongated cover member extends over both the arc shaped inner shell and the tip of the needle for providing double protection. The two halves of the needle cover assembly are attached to a frustum shaped base member such that a hollow hub member can be press-fitted into the frustum shaped base member. A rotatable collar surrounds the frustum shaped base member, and when the rotatable collar is rotated approximately 90.degree., the two halves of the cover member are split apart so that the two halves of the needle cover are away from each other, thereby exposing the needle so that it can be used for an injection of medicine. After the injection has been given, the two halves of the needle cover assembly can be closed by rotating the rotatable collar back to approximately 90.degree..
