I stuck myself in '86, carelessly--left the needleholder w/ needle still attached standing upright on the counter. This was in the days when we were still learning about things, and me, having NEVER had a needlestick in Chicago or NYC, coming to a small town in the South to one of the few places that (at the time) would treat persons w/HIV. The person was not infected and the only blood transplant he'd had was an autologous donation for elective surgery. I still sweated.

tip-top Safety Engineered Needle Technologies

tip-top was established to devise the technology necessary for a range of safety-engineered needlestick protection devices.

This ongoing long-term effort continues to deliver worthwhile intellectual property into our ever-expanding patent portfolio – which now comprises a collection of more than 12 core patent families extending to the USA, Japan, Europe, Canada, Australia and several other countries.

tip-top has a range of safety-engineered needles designs for luerslip or luerlok connection to any syringe. And importantly these safety needles provide fully-passive needlestick protection before, during and after an injection. Making intradermal, subcutaneous or intramuscular parenteral drug delivery safer and simpler.

tip-top has developed various safe needle handling accessories, together with standalone safety-engineered pen needle designs; to help make pen-injector usage safer and simpler, within the hospital or home environment.

tip-top has a number of safety-engineered solutions for pre-filled glass syringes having either staked needles or luerslip/luerlok connections, and in common with other tip-top designs, many of these devices utilise our proprietary non-metallic spring technology to reduce cost, and lessen the environmental impact of single use medical products.

By using the latest CAD/CAM technology, and our in-house toolmaking and plastic injection moulding machinery, we now have available for demonstration examples of our various devices.

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An Easy-to-Use, Power Injectable Venous Access System

Safety, Speed and Comfort

5mL/sec. 300 psi Flow Rate/pressure Rating*
Indicated for contrast-enchanced CT imaging procedures

Small Footprint Enhances site visualization

Low Profile and Padded Base
Designed for patient comfort

Special features that enhance clinical safety:

Visual and audible confirmation of safety activation

Dual-action safety needle designed to shield the tip and shroud the entire needle cannula, reducing the risk of bloodborne pathogen exposure.