Device for removing a Huber needle from a patient
A one-piece connector of plastic is provided for removing a housing and needle of a Huber needle assembly from a patient. The connector has a rectangular frame that can be positioned about a gripping surface on the housing of the needle assembly and a pair of wings that pivot upwardly to contact each other to provide a gripping surface for a user to pull the connector and housing of the needle assembly from the patient.
1. In combination,
a needle assembly having a housing mounting a Huber needle therein and having a pair of upstanding longitudinally extending walls defining a gripping surface thereon and a passageway therebetween and a pair of flanges, each said flange extending from a top of a respective one of said walls to form an overhang; and
a connector for connecting to said gripping surface of said housing to facilitate removal from a patient, said connector having a flat apertured frame for fitting about said gripping surface and under each said flange, and a pair of wings hinged to opposite sides of said frame for pivoting into contact with each other.
2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said connector has a projection extending from within said frame to between said walls into said passageway and under said flange.
3. The combination as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said connector is made of plastic.
4. The combination as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each said wing is of trapezoidal shape with a trapezoidal aperture.
5. The combination as set forth in claim 4 , wherein one of said wings has a recess at an end thereof and the other of said wings has a projection at an end thereof for fitting into said recess of said one wing.
6. The combination as set forth in claim 4 , wherein each said wing has an outwardly extending rib on an underside of a free end thereof to provide a gripping ledge thereat with said pair of wings pivoted into contact with each other.
7. In combination,
a needle assembly having a housing mounting a Huber needle therein and having a pair of parallel upstanding walls and a flange extending laterally across said walls to form an overhang over each said wall; and
a connector for connecting to said housing to facilitate removal from a patient, said connector having a flat apertured frame for fitting about said walls and under each said overhang, and a pair of wings hinged to opposite sides of said frame for pivoting into contact with each other at the ends thereof.
8. The combination as set forth in claim 7 , wherein said connector has a projection extending from within said frame to between said walls and under said flange.
9. The combination as set forth in claim 7 , wherein each said wing is of trapezoidal shape with a trapezoidal aperture.