Needle protector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11623816-B2
Application number	US-202117377606-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2021
Priority date	Jun 11, 2018
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

A needle protector, having a flexible material, a pocket defining an internal volume, a wrapping strap having a plurality of holes, and a main body disposed between the pocket and the wrapping strap; at least one rigid body or cylinder for placement within the internal volume; and; a pin for placement within one of the plurality of holes, wherein the pin is capable of releasably locking the pocket and the main body when the wrapping strap is wrapped around the pocket and the main body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A needle protector made of a flexible material, comprising:
a pocket having a front side and a rear side, the pocket defining an internal volume;
a wrapping strap having a plurality of holes;
a main body disposed between the pocket and the wrapping strap; and
a locking pin for placement within one of the plurality of holes, wherein the locking pin is capable of releasably locking the pocket and the main body when the wrapping strap is wrapped around the front side of the pocket, the rear side of the pocket, and the main body.

2. The needle protector of claim 1 , further comprising a hanging hole that is disposed adjacent to at least one of the pocket or the main body.

3. The needle protector of claim 1 , further comprising a rigid body or cylinder disposed within the internal volume of the pocket.

4. The needle protector of claim 1 , wherein the main body has a first side, which is coupled to the pocket, and an opposite second side from which the wrapping strap extends.

5. A storage kit made of a flexible material, comprising:
a needle protector comprising a pocket, a wrapping strap having a plurality of holes, a main body disposed between the pocket and the wrapping strap;
a locking pin disposed within at least one of the plurality of holes of the wrapping strap;
a needle having a needle tip disposed on a first end of the needle; and
tubing connected to a second end of the needle, opposite the first end of the needle,
wherein the needle is placed within the pocket, the tubing is coiled, and the wrapping strap is wrapped around the coiled tubing and the pocket and locked with the locking pin and a hole within the wrapping strap.

6. The storage kit of claim 5 , wherein the wrapping strap contains between three and seven holes spaced apart from one another.

7. The storage kit of claim 5 , wherein the pocket is open on a proximal end and adjacent to a hanging hole.

8. The storage kit of claim 5 , wherein the main body comprises a first hole adjacent to the pocket.

9. The storage kit of claim 5 , wherein the needle protector is formed of a flexible polymeric material.

10. The storage kit of claim 5 , wherein at least one rigid body or cylinder is placed within the pocket and the needle is placed within the at least one rigid body or cylinder.

11. The storage kit of claim 10 , wherein the rigid body or cylinder is open on a first end and a second end for accommodating needles of variable lengths.

12. A method of storing a needle within the needle protector of claim 1 and a collapsible container, comprising:
providing a collapsible container defining a working volume;
placing a needle having a needle tip on a first end and tubing disposed on a second end into a needle tip protector, wherein the needle tip protector comprises a flexible polymeric material;
placing the needle into a pocket of the needle protector;
coiling the tubing;
wrapping the tubing and the pocket with the wrapping strap;
releasably locking the wrapping strap with the locking pin; and
placing the locked needle protector into the working volume of the collapsible container.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said collapsible container is an isolator transfer bag or a bioreactor.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising placing the needle and the needle tip protector into a rigid body or cylinder disposed within the pocket.

Assignees

• Emd Millipore Corp

Inventors

• Gugliotti John
• Gugliotti Michael

Classifications

• B65D33/16

  End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices (valves of valve bags {B65D31/14}; closures of filled bags B65D77/10) · CPC title

• B65D85/24 Primary

  for needles, nails or like elongate small articles · CPC title

• B65D33/02

  Local reinforcements or stiffening inserts, e.g. wires, strings, strips or frames {(B65D33/007 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D33/14

  Suspension means (handles B65D33/06) · CPC title

• B65D33/165

  Flexible elongated elements integral with or attached to bags or sacks (draw closures B65D33/28); Fastening thereof to the bag before closing · CPC title