A retractable needle assembly for a catheter and which uses an elastomeric member to retract the needle

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2002304994 (hide)

Owner Occupational & Medical Innovations Ltd

Inventors Kiehne, Bruce Leigh

Agent Cullen & Co

Pub. Number AU-B-2002304994

PCT Number PCT/AU02/00778

PCT Pub. Number WO2002/102442

Priority PR 5689 14.06.01 AU

Filing date 14 June 2002

Wipo publication date 2 January 2003

Acceptance publication date 13 April 2006

International Classifications

A61M 5/32 (2006.01) Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way - Needles

A61M 25/06 (2006.01) Catheters - Body-piercing guide needles or the like

A61M 39/22 (2006.01) Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use

Event Publications

19 December 2002 Complete Application Filed

  Priority application(s): PR 5689 14.06.01 AU

15 May 2003 Application Open to Public Inspection

  Published as AU-B-2002304994

13 April 2006 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2002304994

10 August 2006 Standard Patent Sealed

15 January 2009 Application Lapsed, Refused Or Withdrawn, Patent Ceased or Expired

  This patent ceased under section 143(a), or Expired. Note that applications or patents shown as lapsed or ceased may be restored at a later date.

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