Medical needle sheath and stand for one-handed use

摘要

A sheath and stand for one-handed use by a health care user of a medical needle such as a hypodermic needle or a medical electrode, wherein the stand is configured with an aperture or socket for receiving the distal end or tip of the sheath and with hook means at the proximate end of the stand which is engageable with the lip of a collar at the proximate end of the sheath to firmly retain the sheath on the stand. The sheath is readily removable from the stand after a used medical needle is reinserted in the sheath by slight axial withdrawal of the sheath to disengage its tip from the socket followed by pivotal movement of the tip upwardly to disengage the hook means on the stand from the lip on the sheath.