Package for hypodermic needles

Claim 1

A PACKAGE CONTAINING A HUBLESS HYPODERMIC NEEDLE FOR A SYRINGE, SAID NEEDLE HAVING AN END PORTION FOR INSERTION INTO SAID SYRINGE, THE OTHER END OF SAID NEEDLE BEING SHARPENED FOR PENETRATION INTO THE PATIENT, SAID PACKAGE COMPRISING A NEEDLE RETAINER PORTION AND A REMOVABLE CAP THEREFOR, SAID RETAINER PORTION HAVING AN INTERNAL BORE REMOVABLY RECEIVING SAID SHARPENED END PORTION OF SAID HUBLESS HYPODERMIC NEEDLE WITH SAID END PORTION OF THE NEEDLE TO BE INSERTED IN THE SYRINGE PROTRUDING BEYOND AN OPEN END OF THE RETAINER PORTION AND COVERED BY SAID CAP, THEREBY TO DETERMINE THE DISTANCE TO WHICH SAID NEEDLE MAY BE INSERTED IN THE SYRINGE AFTER REMOVAL OF SAID CAP, SAID PACKAGE BEING RELATIVELY RIGID IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION, SAID RETAINER PORTION HAVING MEANS YIELDABLY AND RELEASABLY GRIPPING THE NEEDLE TO REMOVABLY RETAIN IT IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION IN THE BORE OF THE RETAINER PORTION WITH SAID END PORTION OF THE NEEDLE TO BE INSERTED IN THE SYRINGE PROTRUDING FROM SAID OPEN END, SAID GRIPPING MEANS COMPRISING A PORTION OF SAID BORE HAVING A REDUCED DIAMETER FOR YIELDABLY AND RELEASABLY GRIPPING SAID NEEDLE.