| US 7,530,964 B2 | ||
| Needle device and method thereof | ||
| Gilad Lavi, Rishon Lezion (Israel); Gil Yigal, Gan-Yavne (Israel); David Daily, Herzliya (Israel); Udi Carmel, Ganey Tikva (Israel); Avi Azoulay, Ashdod (Israel); and Oz Cabiri, Macabim (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Elan Pharma International Limited, Athlone (Ireland) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 17, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/883,025. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/215770, filed on Jun. 30, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0055711 A1, May 09, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—110 | 19 Claims |
| 1. A needle device comprising:
a housing having a base for placement against a surface of a needle-penetrating site, the base including a first opening;
a needle mounted for a movement between a retracted position in the housing and an extended position, a portion of the needle
extending through the first opening in the extended position;
an actuator movably mounted to the housing and movable between a primary unactuated position in which the needle is in the
retracted position, an actuated position in which the needle is in the extended position, and a secondary unactuated position
in which the needle is in the retracted position; and
a retraction mechanism, in direct contact with the site surface when the base is placed against the site surface, that automatically
moves the actuator to the secondary unactuated position responsive to releasing the base from the site surface, wherein the
actuator is not movable between the secondary unactuated position and the actuated position when the base is placed on the
site surface.
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