US 12,029,880 B2
Needle hub
Ralph Sonderegger, Farmington, UT (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,914.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241311 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 5/158 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/158 (2013.01) [A61M 2005/1585 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1586 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A needle hub, comprising:
a core mounting structure;
a first panel and a second panel, each connected to the core mounting structure with an opening formed between the first panel and the second panel;
an introducer needle fixedly attached to the core mounting structure for insertion into a patient;
a first actuation lever disposed within the opening, cantilevered at a central portion of the first actuation lever from the core mounting structure, and having a first actuation button disposed at a proximal cantilevered end of the first actuation lever and a first needle hub latch disposed at a distal cantilever end of the first actuation lever; and
a needle tip shield rotatably connected to one of the first panel or the second panel and rotatable by a user from a first position in which a distal end of the introducer needle is exposed to a second position shielding the distal end of the introducer needle when the distal cantilever end of the first actuation lever pivots inwardly.