US 11,992,665 B2
Needle cover
Sergio Rubinstein, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); Samuel Kanosky Rosenberg, Orange Village, OH (US); Russell R. Stepke, Chicago, IL (US); Richard Mazursky, Riverwoods, IL (US); Todd Herlitz, Chicago, IL (US); Josh Harker, Elk Grove Village, IL (US); Mark W. Godfrey, Murrieta, CA (US); and Stephen M. Jokela, Murrieta, CA (US)
Assigned to Sta-Med, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Sta-Med, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,368.
Application 17/444,368 is a continuation of application No. 16/459,047, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,090,443.
Application 16/459,047 is a continuation of application No. 13/925,070, filed on Jun. 24, 2013, granted, now 10,335,554, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Application 13/925,070 is a continuation of application No. 12/822,145, filed on Jun. 23, 2010, abandoned.
Application 12/822,145 is a continuation of application No. 12/474,980, filed on May 29, 2009, granted, now 7,811,261, issued on Oct. 12, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/138,786, filed on Dec. 18, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/058,165, filed on Jun. 2, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126025 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3213 (2013.01) [A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 5/422 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3247 (2013.01); A61M 2005/325 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3267 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-use protective cover, comprising:
a housing comprising a base and a needle hub on a proximal end of the single-use protective cover, the housing configured to connect to a syringe;
a needle having a distal tip, the needle supported by the needle hub;
a sleeve configured to move proximally in a first stage with respect to the housing between an extended position and a retracted position substantially without impediment, the sleeve comprising a needle aperture and a needle channel extending axially along the sleeve, and configured to receive the needle such that the distal tip of the needle is covered by the sleeve in the extended position and is exposed in the retracted position;
at least one locking member comprising a resilient arm; and
a biasing member configured to bias the sleeve toward the extended position;
wherein a distal end of the sleeve is substantially flush with a distal end of the housing when the sleeve is in the retracted position; and
wherein the at least one locking member engages the sleeve in a second stage as the sleeve moves distally from the retracted position to the extended position and the engagement obstructs the sleeve from moving to the retracted position to thereby inhibit reuse of the protective cover, wherein the locking member is proximally spaced apart from the base and the needle hub.