When the needle has been removed from a patient, the health care worker pushes the hinged arm forward, causing the hinged arm to unfold and the guard to move along the needle cannula toward the tip of the needle. ![]() When the guard is in the first position, the hinged arm is folded. The guard is mounted on or close to the needle cannula and is attached to the needle hub by a hinged arm. This is called the “first position” and is shown in figure 2 of the ′ 544 patent. The safety shield, or needle guard, of the patented invention is initially positioned at the base of the needle, next to the needle hub. Because we conclude that the district court incorrectly construed the “spring means” limitation of the asserted claims and erred in denying Tyco's motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”), we reverse.īecton, Dickinson and Company (“Becton”) is the assignee of the ′544 patent, which is directed toward a safety needle designed to prevent accidental needle stick injuries. Tyco Healthcare Group, LP (“Tyco”) appeals a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware entered after a jury determined that Tyco's Monoject Magellan TM safety needles and blood collection devices literally infringed claims 1-4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 24 and 27 of U.S. Porcelli, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, MA, argued for defendant-appellant. Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant. ![]() Decided: July 29, 2010īefore GAJARSA, LINN, and MAYER, Circuit Judges. ![]() TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP, LP, Defendant-Appellant. United States Court of Appeals,Federal Circuit.īECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v.
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