Who invented the medical needle???
“Hypodermic Needle – Syringe Needle: Doctor Alexander Wood (born 1817), who was appointed Secretary of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1850. For some time, Doctor Wood had been experimenting with a hollow needle for the administration of drugs. Eventually, he felt confident enough to publish in “The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Review” a short paper – ‘A New Method of treating Neuralgia by the direct application of Opiates to the Painful Points’ – in which he showed that the method was not necessarily limited to the administration of opiates. At about the same time, Charles Gabriel Pravaz of Lyon was making a similar syringe which quickly came into use in many surgeries under the name of ‘The Pravaz Syringe’. It is first used to inject morphine as a painkiller. Vaccination Syringes Benjamin A. Rubin invented the “Pronged Vaccinating and Testing Needle” or vaccination needle. This was a refinement to the conventional syringe needle. Disposable Syringes Arthur E. Smith
A medical needle shield apparatus is provided that includes a needle hub having an outer needle cannula extending therefrom. An inner needle is disposed for slidable movement with the outer needle cannula. At least one shield is extensible from a retracted position to an extended position to enclose a distal end of the inner needle. The shield includes a binding member disposed within the shield and defines binding surfaces that form an aperture configured for slidable receipt of the inner needle. The binding member includes a binding member reset surface aligned with a hub reset surface for engagement therewith to allow reuse of a shielded needle apparatus. Inventor(s) Daniel K. Smith Jeremy W. Snow F.
