Syringe needle protector and remover

Claim 1

A syringe needle cap removal and resheathing apparatus comprising: a base; a first arm attached to said base; a second arm also attached to said base and separated from said first arm by a needle cap receiving gap having an opening opposite from said base, wherein a needle cap is firmly holdable in said gap when said cap is introduced sidewise into said opening and moved downwardly toward said base until further downward movement substantially stops at which point said syringe can be pulled away from said needle cap, wherein said first and second arms are made of materials that permit them to flex with respect to each other so that a needle cap can jam fit into said gap, and wherein said gap between said first and second arm includes at least a first and a second station for removing and resheathing needle caps of at least a first and a second kind having respectively two different barrel shapes; a clamp attached to said base for selectively clamping said apparatus to a stationary object; a swivel means attached between said clamp and said base for permitting said base to rotate with respect to said clamp; a third arm attached to said base and located adjacent to one of said other arms to limit the flexing of the arm that it is located adjacent to; and blade means located in at last one of said two stations for cutting into said needle cap as said needle cap is jammed into said gap and for holding onto said needle cap when force is applied to said needle cap perpendicular to said blade means.