DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A NEEDLE, SYRINGE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRE-FILLED SYRINGES WITH NEEDLE ADHESIVE

摘要

This device (D) for protecting a needle (10) is adapted to be mounted at the end of a glued needle syringe. It comprises an outer sleeve (18), which is movable along a longitudinal axis between an advanced position, where it covers the needle, and a retracted position, where it does not cover the needle, and means (20). ) to return the sleeve in the advanced position. The device (D) incorporates a rigid needle guard comprising a flexible tip (14) wrapped in a rigid sheath. The sheath is in two parts (16a, 16b) detachable from each other by a relative rotational movement between the two parts, and the tip (14) is linked only in translation with the rigid sheath, the rotation of the rigid sheath does not cause rotation of the tip.