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Topic: Hypodermic needle

Ads by Google      Hypodermic needle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The diameter of the needle is indicated by the needle gauge. A hypodermic needle is a hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject substances into the body. A hypodermic needle is used when the substance would not be reliably absorbed by the digestive system, as is the case with insulin and many other drugs or if the substance needs to be instantly delivered into the body. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic_needle   (390 words)      [No title] A penetration depth shield or guide may be added to the linear portion of the hypodermic needle to limit the penetration of the needle into the desired tissues or tissue planes and to aid insertion and control of the needle to aid in the proper positioning of the needle. For longer needles, the penetration depth shield may fit around the bore of the needle and may be sized to aid the handling and control of the needle with the fingers of the physician as it is placed at the desired tissue site. The hypodermic needle is sufficiently rigid so as to maintain both the linear and arcuate segments, but retains a minimal amount of flexure to aide in the proper insertion and positioning of the needle in the tissue. http://www.wipo.int/cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=03/72171.030904&ELEMENT_SET=DECL   (3397 words)      Hypodermic Needles, Blood Collection Needles, and Safety Devices The Hypodermic Needle-Pro® needle protection device is a sterile unit that combines a hypodermic needle with a needle protection device. The needle hub is color-coded indicating the needle size. With the Hypodermic Needle-Pro® device, the exposed needle can be secured in the protective sheath at the bedside after the injection has been completed, reducing the incidence of needlestick injury that may occur when disposing of the contaminated needle. http://www.safetysyringesplus.com/safetyneedle.htm   (234 words)      Gale-Edit - How Products are Made - Volumes - Syringe The hypodermic syringe, also known as the hypodermic needle, is a device used by medical professionals to transfer liquids into or out of the body. The needles are generally made of a heat-treatable stainless steel or carbon steel. The needle is produced from steel, which is first heated until it is molten and then drawn through a die designed to meet the size requirements of the needle. http://www.gale-edit.com/products/volumes/syringe.htm   (1860 words)      Hypodermic needle sheath - Patent 5013302 The sheath 40 is movable axially of the hypodermic needle 1 between positions in which the needle is wholly confined within the sheath and is projected beyond the sheath for use. A protective sheath for use with a hypodermic needle comprises a tubular body for accommodating the needle and at least a portion of the syringe barrel adjacent the needle. A protective sheath for use in conjunction with a hypodermic needle comprises an elongate, tubular body formed of rigid material such as metal, polyethylene, polypropylene, or other suitable placstic, and is of such diameter as slideably to accommodate the syringe of a hypodermic needle with the needle wholly contained within the sheath. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5013302.html   (3136 words)      World Intellectual Property Organization The needles 2 are held within the tubular body 31 by another por- tion 2d located between the connecting socket 2a and the needle 2 whose diameter matches the internal diameter of the tubular body 31. This mechanism moves the hypodermic needle axially so that it protrudes from the forward end of the housing of the device which is put into contact whith the skin of the patient so that it is inserted through the skin and the liquid is injected. and 11-lle respectively are required for each needle 2, one for the sterile needle 2 and the other for the needle 2 after use. http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-CIMAGES/view/pct/getbykey5?KEY=01/87387.011122&ELEMENT_SET=DECL   (2776 words)      S267 Hypodermic syringes and needles in a quantity of 10 or less may be provided or sold at retail without a prescription only by a registered pharmacist or a health care practitioner for use by his own patients. Hypodermic syringes, hypodermic needles and instruments adapted for the use of a controlled dangerous substance or a controlled substance analog as defined in chapter 35 of this title are not "drug paraphernalia" as defined pursuant to N.J.S.2C:36-1. In light of the data from Connecticut, the deregulation of hypodermic needles and syringes in New Jersey would be a useful element of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/9899/Bills/s0500/267_i1.htm   (922 words)      Under Your Skin: Polysemy, AIDS, and the Hypodermic Needle Hypodermic needles are interesting because they come to function as the gatekeepers of the human body for a medicine subservient to its spatial boundaries, and a developing medical practice which looks to insert itself inside the body, under the skin, in order to localize the illness. Needles, spawned by the medical industry and later codified as objects of vice and instruments of destructive identity through their connection to drug use, resist categorization as life saving implements in the struggle to overcome AIDS infection and HIV spread. As such this paper is also concerned with the development of the hypodermic needle as medical implement and how it comes to be appropriated for other uses and significations. http://www.slack.net/~kiki/UnderYourSkin.htm   (3539 words)      tags -->