Box for disposing of used injection needles

Claim 2

A box for disposing of used injection needles comprising: (A) a tubular guide hole provided laterally at a box and enabling insertion of a tip portion of a syringe; (B) a slit formed at an under surface of the guide hole and enabling the drop of an injection needle; (C) a holding means for holding a hub of the injection needle screwed at a tip of the syringe, the means comprising a fixed member and a movable member and being located at the inner part of the guide hole; (D) an operation rod for pushing and moving the movable member to release the holding condition, a tip of the rodprotruding outside the case; and (E) a cap capable of alternatively engaging with the tip of the operation rod and an opening of the tubular guide hole.

Claim 3

The box of claim 1, wherein at least one groove for attachment and detachment of a fixing plate is formed at a side wall of the case.

Claim 4

A box for disposing of used injection needles comprising: (A) a casing having an opening at its upper portion whereinto a tip portion of a syringe is capable of being inserted, and (B) an injection-needle-detaching means which is arranged in the case, and which removes an injection needle from the syringe inserted through the opening and drops into the case; (C) wherein the injection-needle-detaching means comprises: (a) a movable member having a first holding portion for holding a hub of the injection needle; (b) a fixed member fixed to the case and having a second holding portion for holding the hub of the injection needle in cooperation with the first holding portion of the movable member, and a notch continuing to the second holding portion of the fixed member to allow the movement of the hub, which is removed from the syringe and held by a holding portion defined by the first holding portion of the movable member and the second holding portion of the fixed member, together with the movable member; (c) an elastic means arranged in such a manner that the direction of elastic force thereof is parallel to the moving direction of the movable member, one end of the elastic means being fitted into a recess formed at the movable member; and (d) a rod for moving the movable member against the elastic force of the elastic means, a part thereof protruding outside the case; wherein the holding portion fits the shape of the hub and forms an openingof which size is a little smaller than that of a cross section of the hub.

Claim 5

A box for disposing of used injection needles comprising: (A) a casing having an opening at its upper portion whereinto a tip portion of a syringe is capable of being inserted, and (B) an injection-needle-detaching means which is arranged in the case, and which removes an injection needle from the syringe inserted through the opening and drops into the case; (C) wherein the injection-needle-detaching means comprises: (a) a movable member having a first holding portion for holding a hub of the injection needle; (b) a fixed member fixed to the case and having a second holding portion for holding the hub of the injection needle in cooperation with the first holding portion of the movable member, and a notch continuing to the second holding portion of the fixed member to allow the movement of the hub, which is removed from the syringe and held by a holding portion defined by the first holding portion of the movable member and the second holding portion of the fixed member, together with the movable member; (c) an elastic means arranged in such a manner that the direction of elastic force thereof is parallel to the moving direction of the movable member, one end of the elastic means being fitted into a recess formed at the movable member; and (d) a rod for moving the movable member against the elastic force of the elastic means, a part thereof protruding outside the case; wherein the holding portion fits the shape of the hub and forms an openingof which size is a little smaller than that of a cross section of the hub.

Claim 6

The box of claim 3, wherein the elastic means is a spring.