Hinkle & Associates, P.C.
Safety hypodermic needle and shielding cap assembly
 A safety hypodermic needle and shielding device has a spring-loaded safety shield (1) with a one-way locking device (18, 21) which prevents return travel of the safety shield in a direction towards a syringe (3). This prevents exposure of a needle point (15) that has been used. A preferred one-way locking device is a pivot plate (18) positioned in the shielding device with the syringe-needle cannula shaft (2) extended through a locking orifice (20) in the pivot plate. For low-angle use of the syringe, a spring for spring-loading the shielding device is at least one leaf spring (17 or 17a) having expansion in a plane parallel to the syringe-needle shaft. A cannula sheath (14) has a cannula skirt (13) that is positioned in locking relationship to a quick-release latch (6, 24, 30) as a safety lock prior to use. A shield on another embodiment uses a concave flat, elongated spring (17a) to act as a resistant column to prevent the safety shield from being pushed to expose the needle point once the syringe has been used. 
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David
Morrison