Safety needle and catheter assembly

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2004231459 (hide)

Owner Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.

Inventors McGurk, Joseph P.

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2004231459

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/093961

Priority 60/461,172 08.04.03 US

Filing date 27 February 2004

Wipo publication date 4 November 2004

Acceptance publication date 22 November 2007

International Classifications

A61M 5/162 (2006.01) Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way

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

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

Event Publications

13 October 2005 PCT application entered the National Phase

  PCT publication WO2004/093961 Priority application(s): WO2004/093961

18 October 2007 Assignment before Grant

  Medex, Inc. The application has been assigned to Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.

22 November 2007 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2004231459

20 March 2008 Standard Patent Sealed

23 September 2010 Application Lapsed, Refused Or Withdrawn, Patent Ceased or Expired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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