B - Operations – Transporting – 67 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
67
B
B67B 7/92 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2408517
An ampoule snapper and hypodermic needle remover that can easily be disassembled and assembled to facilitate improved sterilization for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule and removing hypodermic needles was disclosed by the inventor on December 21, 2001. The ampoule snapper and hypodermic needle remover, comprising two clamp arms having confronting faces, ampoule head engaging means on the confronting faces of the clamp arms, biasing means biasing the clamp arms to an open position for the reception of an ampoule head or hypodermic needle there between and finger engaging portions on the clamp arms for engagement by a user's fingers to close the clamp arms against the bias of the biasing means so as to grip the ampoule head or hypodermic needle there between. The body of the ampoule or hypodermic syringe can be grasped in one hand and the ampoule head or hypodermic needle engaged between the two clamp arms. The application of torque to the ampoule head then breaks off the ampoule head at the neck, the application of rotation to the hypodermic needle removes the hypodermic needle from the hypodermic syringe. The sharp edges are not in the vicinity of the user's hands, reducing the risk of cuts. The hypodermic needle is not in the vicinity of the users hands reducing the risk of injury. Where the ampoule head engaging means are contoured to fit the head of the ampoule by means of confronting grooves, the ampoule head itself is not broken and the two-separated glass components are readily discarded into a Sharps container. Where the hypodermic needle engaging means, are normally but not necessarily a straight face resilient block, the hypodermic needle can be engaged and be removed and readily discarded into a Sharps container.
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