The technology owned is vast, and patent coverage is very broad including China as well as all PCT countries.
Relevant Needlsleeve Patents
* PCT/AU99/00827 Priority October 1998 (WO0020058)
* PCT/AU99/01093 December 1998 (WO0035518)
* PCT/AU99/01168 December 1998 (WO0040287)
* PCT/AU01/01253 October 2000 (actuation by body heat) Cutting Edge
Patent application PCT/AU01/01253 has passed prelimary examination and describes a very advanced concept in which exposure to body temperature automatically switches injection devices to the safe configuration. This concept will be readily applicable to a number of injection and blood taking systems.
The patent applications contain around 60 technical drawings detailing proposed embodiments of the invention. The drawings are generally to engineering design standard and can be easily translated into products.
Shown here are drawings from one of our Chinese patent applications.
One of the safe standard Luer-fitting needles proposed. These may be made safe during the injection, either by the user or automatically:
One of the preferred automatically safe vacuum sampler designs (figures 49 and 50):
* HIV and Occupational Risk - a study of the medical issues in nosocomial disease prevention
* ECRI - a non-profit agency, which aims to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare
