Patent attributes
A needle magazine for storing a plurality of needle assemblies and for selectively dispensing said needle assemblies there from. The needle magazine comprises a cylinder-shaped base member with an upper surface and a bottom surface. These two surfaces are parallel to each other and connected by a cylinder-shaped surface. The base-member is provided with a number of compartments each having the form of a sector of a circle. Each compartment contains a needle assembly positioned in a horizontal position. The base member is at least partly covered by a cover having a first part parallel with the upper surface and a second part parallel with the cylinder-shaped surface of the base member, and which second part is provided with an opening through which access to each compartment can be gained radial of the axis of rotation of the cover.
