Out-licensing

Device that provides nurses or other health care workers with protection against accidental needle sticks

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 pot-a-cath. (Diagram of hand protector may be viewed at http://www.ott.nih.gov/db/abstxt.asp?refno=297.)

U.S. Patent No. 5,706,520 issued 13 Jan 1998 (HHS Reference No. E-104-1992/0-US-01) Inventors: Bonnie C. Thornton et al. (CC)

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