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Patent Inventor Names
Kathleen Tremblay0
Date of Patent
May 6, 2014
Patent Application Number
13616464
Date Filed
September 14, 2012
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Patent abstract
An intravenous catheter and safety needle assembly is disclosed which includes a catheter assembly, a needle assembly and a needle guard. The needle guard is supported within a hub of the catheter and is positioned to engage an enlarged diameter portion of a needle of the needle assembly during withdrawal of the needle from the catheter assembly to effect an inversion of the needle guard about a sharpened tip of the needle.
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