US3885560A
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Needle assembly having a folded bandage handle
Assignee: Affiliated Hospital Products Inc
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Filing: 1972-10-17
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Granted: 1975-05-27
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Expires: 1992-10-17
Abstract
Abstract A needle assembly including a needle having a pointed end, the needle being removably secured to a flexible air breathable bandage which is folded, the needle extending from one corner thereof in the cross-folded form. The needle is provided with a flexible connecting tube and a connector for attachment to a user device. The flexible bandage forms a manipulable winged handle in the initial folded form, and serves to enable the insertion of the needle into a patient''s body, after which the bandage is unfolded and is adhered to the skin of the patient''s body, preferably by adhesion of a pressure sensitive adhesive surface on one face of the bandage. In the unfolded form the bandage covers the puncture site, and after needle use the needle may be removed while leaving the bandage in place, leaving the puncture site covered by the bandage.
Inventors
- 👤 Brian E Baldwin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:27
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; A61M25/02; A61M2025/0266; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
An attachable needle assembly for removable attachment to a body member of a human or animal, comprising a needle having a pointed end for insertion into a body member, a flexible bandage including a multipurpose flexible securing sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive securing surface adapted to adhere to the skin surface of a needle-penetrable body, said bandage, including its said securing sheet, being cross-folded to form a folded winged handle for said needle, with four fold-interconnected sections, and means securing said needle to said flexible bandage-securing sheet along a fold of said sheet, said needle extending beyond said winged handle, said securing sheet fold-interconnected sections each having an adhesive securing surface with removable protective backing thereon, the adhesive securing surface backing of two of said sections facing outwardly away from one another, and the adhesive securing surface backing of two other of said sections facing inwardly toward one another in the cross-folded condition, and being internal sections of said winged handle, said two sections of said winged handle facing outwardly away from one another being external sections, and their respective removable protective backing forming manual engagement and gripping surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
An attachable needle assembly for removable attachment to a body member of a human or animal, comprising a needle having a pointed end for insertion into a body member, a flexible bandage including a multipurpose flexible securing sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive securing surface adapted to adhere to the skin surface of a needle-penetrable body, said bandage, including its said securing sheet, being cross-folded to form a folded winged handle for said needle, with four fold-interconnected sections, and means securing said needle to said flexible bandage-securing sheet along a fold of said sheet, said needle extending beyond said winged handle, said securing sheet fold-interconnected sections each having an adhesive securing surface with removable protective backing thereon, the adhesive securing surface backing of two of said sections facing outwardly away from one another, and the adhesive securing surface backing of two other of said sections facing inwardly toward one another in the cross-folded condition, and being internal sections of said winged handle, said two sections of said winged handle facing outwardly away from one another being external sections, and their respective removable protective backing forming manual engagement and gripping surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 1, said winged handle comprising two wings folded about two lines transverse to one another, one of said lines extending substantially longitudinally of the lengthwise extent of said hollow needle and the other of said lines extending substantially transversely of the length of said needle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 2, said fold lines intersecting substantially in the zone of a portion of said needle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 3, said fold lines including two adjacent folded layers of said bandage having similar extending fold lines extending longitudinally of said needle and having a fold line transverse to both of said similarly extending fold lines and having a reverse bend in a zone of intersection with said similarly extending lines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 2, said removable protective backing comprising a removable protective cover sheet over the pressure-sensitive adhesive securing surfaces of said wings surfaces to enable grasping and handling of said wings as handles for insertion of said needle, and to prevent bandage section inter-surface self-adherence between interfacing section surfaces.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
63 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 5, said removable protective cover sheets being more stiff than said flexible securing sheet to provide a stiff handle while enabling relative ease of conformity of the securing sheet to a patient''s body, and to enable ease of removal of said cover sheets prior to or during adhesive securing of said securing sheet to a body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 2, said removable protective backing comprising removable protective cover sheets over the pressure-sensitive adhesive securing surfaces of said wings to enable grasping and handling of said wings as handles for insertion of said needle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
An attachaBle needle assembly according to claim 1, said needle being connected to a flexible connecting tube at its end opposite said pointed end, said needle being secured to said bandage by an overlay strip encompassing a section of said flexible tube and secured to a surface of said bandage.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 8, said overlay strip encompassing the zone of connection of said needle with said flexible tube.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 9, said overlay strip being secured to said flexible securing sheet on its surface opposite to said pressure-sensitive surface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 10, said overlay strip being a tape removable from said flexible securing sheet without destruction of said flexible securing sheet.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 8, said overlay strip being secured to the surface of said flexible securing sheet opposite to said pressure sensitive adhesive securing surface, said needle extending through an opening formed in a central zone of said flexible securing sheet, said central zone opening being formed at a fold corner of said folded bandage.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 1, said needle extending through an opening formed in a central zone of said bandage in unfolded form and lying at a fold corner of said cross-folded bandage.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 1, said bandage having transverse quadrant-forming folds forming said folded winged handle, said needle extending from a fold corner of said bandage and extending substantially longitudinal of one of said folds.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 14, said needle being secured to a face of said bandage.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 15, said needle being secured to a face of said bandage opposite said pressure-sensitive adhesive securing surface, and said needle extending through an opening formed at said fold corner of said bandage.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 15, and a cover strip securing said needle to said pressure sensitive adhesive securing surface of said bandages.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
15 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 14, said transverse folds forming two double-fold wings.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 18, said double-fold wings having a common fold line zone longitudinal of said needle.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 18, said double fold wings having a common fold line zone transverse to said needle.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
40 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 1, said needle being hollow, a hollow tube secured to said needle at a central zone of the unfolded form of said bandage, and means for securing said tube to a fluid-use device.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 1, said needle forming an electrode for transmission of electrical signals to or from a body into which it may be inserted.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
140 words
A portable and manually manipulable needle and bandage assembly unit for insertion in and adhering connection to a body member as a unit, comprising a folded flexible securing sheet forming a manually graspable handle in its folded form and having intersecting cross-fold lines formed by a first fold along one line and a second fold along a line transverse to and intersecting said first fold forming at least four fold-interconnected sections, a pointed needle secured to said sheet and extending through an opening formed in a central zone of said sheet at the intersection of said fold lines and beyond its folded periphery, said securing sheet having an adhesive surface on one face thereof and a removable protective backing thereon, said needle being removably secured to said foldable flexible securing sheet on the face thereof opposite said adhesive surfaced face.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
140 words
A portable and manually manipulable needle and bandage assembly unit for insertion in and adhering connection to a body member as a unit, comprising a folded flexible securing sheet forming a manually graspable handle in its folded form and having intersecting cross-fold lines formed by a first fold along one line and a second fold along a line transverse to and intersecting said first fold forming at least four fold-interconnected sections, a pointed needle secured to said sheet and extending through an opening formed in a central zone of said sheet at the intersection of said fold lines and beyond its folded periphery, said securing sheet having an adhesive surface on one face thereof and a removable protective backing thereon, said needle being removably secured to said foldable flexible securing sheet on the face thereof opposite said adhesive surfaced face.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
49 words
A Needle and bandage assembly according to claim 23, said removable protective backing comprising plural protective cover backing sheets removably adhered to said adhesive surfaced face of said flexible securing sheet, said protective cover backing sheets extending to and along and adjacent at least one of said fold lines.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
14 words
An assembly according to claim 23, said flexible securing sheet being of air-breathing form.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
52 words
An assembly according to claim 23, and a removable securing strip removably securing said needle to said flexible securing sheet, said flexible securing sheet with its said adhesive surface and said removable securing strip being air breathable to enable breathing of a body surface onto which such securing sheet may be attached.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
111 words
An attachable freely manually manipulable and portable needle assembly unit for removable attachment to a body, comprising a needle having a pointed end, a multifunction flexible bandage secured to said needle, said flexible bandage including a flexible body-surfaceconformable cover sheet cross-folded transversely of and in the general direction of the longitudinal extent of said needle to form at least four fold-interconnected sections to enable ease of insertion of said needle into a body, and for unfolded covering of a puncture site formed upon insertion of said needle into a body member, as well as for aid in securing of said needle to said body said needle extending beyond said cross-folded sheet.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
111 words
An attachable freely manually manipulable and portable needle assembly unit for removable attachment to a body, comprising a needle having a pointed end, a multifunction flexible bandage secured to said needle, said flexible bandage including a flexible body-surfaceconformable cover sheet cross-folded transversely of and in the general direction of the longitudinal extent of said needle to form at least four fold-interconnected sections to enable ease of insertion of said needle into a body, and for unfolded covering of a puncture site formed upon insertion of said needle into a body member, as well as for aid in securing of said needle to said body said needle extending beyond said cross-folded sheet.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
59 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 27, said bandage having two wings folded about two lines transverse to and intersecting one another, one of said lines extending substantially longitudinally of and adjoining the lengthwise extent of said hollow needle and the other of said lines extending substantially transversely of and intersecting the effective lengthwise extent of said needle.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
57 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 27, said bandage including two adjacent fold-interconnecting panels each having fold lines extending longitudinally of said needle, and having a further fold line transverse to both of said longitudinally extending fold lines, said further fold line having a rearward bend in a zone of intersection with said longitudinally extending lines.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
41 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 27, said flexible bandage cover sheet having a surface with pressure-sensitive adhesive material thereon, and releasable protective sheets covering a major portion of said pressure-sensitive adhesive material and being readily releasably adhesively secured thereto.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
20 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 30, said flexible bandage cover sheet being formed of air breathable porous material.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
27 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 27, said needle extending from a corner folded portion of said bandage while said bandage is in the cross-folded form.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
20 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 32, said corner being the intersecting corner for two cross-folds of said bandage.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
39 words
An attachable needle assembly according to claim 30, said releasable protective sheets being relatively stiffer than said bandage cover sheet to provide a combined stiff manual handle and a separated relatively more flexible and conformable said bandage cover sheet.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
157 words
An attachable needle assembly for removable attachment to a body member of a human or animal, comprising a needle having a pointed end for insertion into a body member, a flexible bandage including a multipurpose flexible securing sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface adapted to adhere to the skin surface of a needle-penetrable body, and means securing said needle to said flexible bandage securing sheet, said bandage, including its said securing sheet, being cross-folded in at least four panels to form a folded winged handle for said needle, said securing sheet folded panels each having an adhesive securing surface with removable protective backing thereon, the adhesive surface backing of two of said folded panels facing outwardly away from one another, and the adhesive backing surface of two other of said folded panels facing inwardly toward one another in the cross-folded condition, said needle adjoining a fold zone of said bandage in the folded condition of said bandage.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
157 words
An attachable needle assembly for removable attachment to a body member of a human or animal, comprising a needle having a pointed end for insertion into a body member, a flexible bandage including a multipurpose flexible securing sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface adapted to adhere to the skin surface of a needle-penetrable body, and means securing said needle to said flexible bandage securing sheet, said bandage, including its said securing sheet, being cross-folded in at least four panels to form a folded winged handle for said needle, said securing sheet folded panels each having an adhesive securing surface with removable protective backing thereon, the adhesive surface backing of two of said folded panels facing outwardly away from one another, and the adhesive backing surface of two other of said folded panels facing inwardly toward one another in the cross-folded condition, said needle adjoining a fold zone of said bandage in the folded condition of said bandage.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-05-26 | 1978-11-25 | 1979-05-27 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-05-26 | 1982-11-25 | 1983-05-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-05-26 | 1986-11-25 | 1987-05-27 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |