Needle assembly including obturator with safety reset

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8348894
APP PUB NO 20110251517A1
SERIAL NO

13163955

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A needle assembly is able to collect a sample of biological material in a needle of the assembly. The needle assembly has a safety shield capable of being moved on the needle assembly to cover a sharp end of the needle assembly. The safety shield includes a tubular housing. The shield can be locked in place over the sharp end by a locking mechanism. The assembly further includes a reset member selectively operatively engageable with the locking mechanism for releasing the locking mechanism to permit the tubular housing to be moved away from the sharp end of the needle assembly. The safety shield further includes a resilient membrane including a thin sheet of resilient material the entirety of which extending substantially in a plane extending across the tubular housing.

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  • KPR U.S., LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Breitweiser, Kenneth M Brighton, US 37 1117
Swisher, David Rork St. Charles, US 57 1360

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