US 11,744,956 B2
Medical sharp removal and storage device
Amit Limaye, Wayne, NJ (US); David Schiff, Highland Park, NJ (US); and Eric Chang, East Brunswick, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 16/628,970
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/039030
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/010017, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/529,926, filed on Jul. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/530,001, filed on Jul. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222640 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); H05B 6/36 (2006.01); A61B 50/36 (2016.01); B09B 3/00 (2022.01)
CPC A61M 5/3205 (2013.01) [A61B 50/362 (2016.02); B09B 3/00 (2013.01); H05B 6/06 (2013.01); H05B 6/101 (2013.01); H05B 6/36 (2013.01); A61B 2050/364 (2016.02); A61M 2005/3206 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3209 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8243 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for entirely removing a medical sharp from a holder to which it is connected, comprising:
a body;
a heating unit disposed in the body;
a receiving unit fixedly disposed in the body and configured to receive the holder;
a collet movably disposed within the body and configured to receive the medical sharp;
a first biasing member disposed within the body; and
a user interface coupled to the collet and configured to displace the collet away from the receiving unit, actuate the first biasing member to increase a bias on the collet toward the receiving unit, and actuate the heating unit.