GB2508490B - A sharps retraction device - Google Patents

A sharps retraction device

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GB2508490B
GB2508490B GB1317381.0A GB201317381A GB2508490B GB 2508490 B GB2508490 B GB 2508490B GB 201317381 A GB201317381 A GB 201317381A GB 2508490 B GB2508490 B GB 2508490B
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retraction device
sharps retraction
sharps
retraction
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Philip Arnold Brown
Allen John Pearson
James Terence Collins
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C Major Ltd
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C Major Ltd
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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0287950A2 (en) * 1987-04-24 1988-10-26 Aldo Venturini Disposable safety seringe
WO1998020922A1 (en) * 1996-11-14 1998-05-22 Eastland Technology Australia Pty. Ltd. Needle support assembly
GB2402339A (en) * 2003-06-04 2004-12-08 Jih-Hsiung Yang A safety syringe for taking blood

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0287950A2 (en) * 1987-04-24 1988-10-26 Aldo Venturini Disposable safety seringe
WO1998020922A1 (en) * 1996-11-14 1998-05-22 Eastland Technology Australia Pty. Ltd. Needle support assembly
GB2402339A (en) * 2003-06-04 2004-12-08 Jih-Hsiung Yang A safety syringe for taking blood

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