Needle tip storage and removal device

Abstract

A needle tip storage and removal device comprises a storage compartment having a splined socket which engages the complementary splines on a needle tip collar, a compartment being sealed by a peelable foil. Alongside the storage compartment is a removal compartment having a drive socket of similar configuration. The device assists safe removal and disposal of a used needle prior to fitting a new needle.

1 . A needle tip storage and removal device comprising a storage compartment for receiving in use a needle tip of a given drive configuration, said storage compartment having a drive socket for non-rotatably engaging a drive surface on a needle tip received in use in said compartment, said device further including a further drive socket adapted to be fitted onto a needle tip of said given drive configuration. 
   
   
       2 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 1 , wherein said further drive socket forms part of a removal compartment provided alongside said first mentioned storage compartment. 
   
   
       3 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 2 , wherein said compartments are open at one end to receive the needle tip and closed at the other end. 
   
   
       4 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 3 , wherein said compartments are arranged with their open ends facing in opposite directions. 
   
   
       5 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 1 , with a needle tip located in said storage compartment, the storage compartment being sealed by a removable sealing foil element. 
   
   
       6 . A needle tip fitting storage and removal device comprising a sealed first housing defining a compartment releasably containing a needle tip fitting of a given drive configuration in non-rotational relationship, and a second housing defining a compartment for receiving in use a needle tip of said given drive configuration in non-rotational relationship, to shroud a needle of said needle tip fitting after use. 
   
   
       7 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 2 , with a needle tip located in said storage compartment, the storage compartment being sealed by a removable sealing foil element. 
   
   
       8 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 3 , with a needle tip located in said storage compartment, the storage compartment being sealed by a removable sealing foil element. 
   
   
       9 . A needle tip storage and removal device according to  claim 3 , with a needle tip located in said storage compartment, the storage compartment being sealed by a removable sealing foil element.