US 11,896,788 B2
Needle safety clip, systems and methods
Justin Hulvershorn, Seattle, WA (US); Karl Schmidt, Seattle, WA (US); and Matthew Lovell, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Appl. No. 16/307,291
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 6, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/036103
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 5, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/214110, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,838, filed on Feb. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/346,210, filed on Jun. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0134356 A1, May 9, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0631 (2013.01) [A61M 5/32 (2013.01); A61M 5/3273 (2013.01); A61M 25/0618 (2013.01); A61M 25/09041 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A needle safety clip assembly, comprising:
a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, a transverse upper wall portion, a transverse web portion axially spaced from the transverse wall portion, and an aperture axially between the transverse upper wall portion and the transverse web portion; and
a needle safety clip engaging the proximal end to fix the needle safety clip on the housing, the needle safety clip including a first section having a hook portion that extends about the transverse upper wall portion to retain at least a portion of the transverse upper wall portion within the hook portion, the hook portion including a terminal end that terminates within the aperture, the terminal end terminating adjacent the transverse upper wall portion, the needle safety clip further including a second section distal from the first section, which at a use position is pressed against a needle and at a safety position with the second section securing a sharp end of the needle within the housing,
wherein the second section includes a slot to receive a guidewire therethrough in the safety position with the sharp end of the needle being secured, wherein the second section forms a closed end portion at a first end of the slot and an open portion at a second end of the slot, the open portion having a width that is less than the diameter of the needle, wherein the second section is configured to flex outside of the housing in the use position,
wherein the transverse web portion includes a contact surface that forms a stop for the second section of the needle safety clip.