GEORGE ALEXANDER COREY
Medical Practice in Duluth, MN
License number
Pennsylvania MD031519E
Category
Medicine
Type
Medical Physician and Surgeon
Address
Address
2
Duluth, MN 55803
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Personal information
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Address
Phone
516 Sherman St, North Mankato, MN 56003
104 Dakota St, Minn City, MN 55959
Mankato, MN
Professional information
Hypodermic Needle Recapping Device
US Patent:
4955866, Sep 11, 1990
Filed:
May 16, 1989
Appl. No.:
7/352198
Inventors:
George A. Corey - Duluth MN
Assignee:
University of Florida - Gainesville FL
International Classification:
A61M 532
US Classification:
604192
Abstract:
A recapping device is provided for use with medical devices including all hollow and solid medical needles of the type used for entry into the body and into closed intravenous and intraarterial systems for access, sampling, and injection of medications, and are withdrawn after use. The recapping device includes a hollow sleeve encircling a portion of the needle and having a distal end aperture adapted to permit the sleeve to slide between a first position on the medical device wherein the needle is exposed to enable use of the needle, and a second position characterized by the distal end of the needle being contained within the distal end capped hollow sleeve, and the device may optionally contain a housing for a free-floating fenestrated disk, which, upon movement of the device to its second position wherein the tip of the needle exits the distal end aperture, shifts position to provide an obstruction at that aperture. A securing means for the hollow sleeve, such as a tether, is provided for permitting substantially free slidable movement of the hollow sleeve between the first and second positions.