Description of Invention: Available for licensing and commercial development is a device that provides nurses or other health care workers with protection against accidental needle sticks. Specifically, a device has been created which protects the most susceptible areas on the back and sides of the thumb, forefinger and the area of the hand there between. This offers the notable advantage of preventing infections from accidental needle sticks. This invention is particularly useful during the risky task of inserting a twisted or kinked needle (such as a Huber needle) into a port-a-cath.
Portfolios: Devices/Instrumentation Devices/Instrumentation - Environmental Technology Devices/Instrumentation - Other
For Licensing Information Please Contact: Michael Shmilovich Esq. NIH Office of Technology Transfer 6011 Executive Blvd. Suite 325, Rockville, MD 20852 United States Email: shmilovm@mail.nih.gov Phone: 301-435-5019 Fax: 301-402-0220
Description of Invention:
Available for licensing and commercial development is a device that provides nurses or other health care workers with protection against accidental needle sticks. Specifically, a device has been created which protects the most susceptible areas on the back and sides of the thumb, forefinger and the area of the hand there between. This offers the notable advantage of preventing infections from accidental needle sticks. This invention is particularly useful during the risky task of inserting a twisted or kinked needle (such as a Huber needle) into a port-a-cath.
Inventors:
Bonnie C Thornton (CC)
Patent Status:
HHS, Reference No. E-104-1992/0
US, , Patent No. 5,706,520, Issued 13 Jan 1998
Licensing Status:
Available for licensing.
Portfolios:
Devices/Instrumentation
Devices/Instrumentation - Environmental Technology
Devices/Instrumentation - Other
For Licensing Information Please Contact:
Michael Shmilovich Esq.
NIH Office of Technology Transfer
6011 Executive Blvd. Suite 325,
Rockville, MD 20852
United States
Email: shmilovm@mail.nih.gov
Phone: 301-435-5019
Fax: 301-402-0220
Ref No: 297
Updated: 02/2011