Patent ID: 8277408
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A61B,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A safety needle assembly comprising a needle hub with proximal and distal ends and a passage extending between said ends, a needle cannula mounted to said passage of said needle hub and having a pointed distal end projecting beyond said distal end of said hub, a shield having proximal and distal ends, said proximal end of said shield being hingedly mounted to said hub for rotation from a first position where said shield is spaced from said needle cannula to a second position where said shield substantially shields said needle cannula, said shield comprising at least one support wall, and a channel mounted to said support wall, said channel having a top wall and opposed first and second sidewalls extending from said top wall, and at least one resiliently deflectable cannula finger lock projecting from said first sidewall angularly toward said top wall, wherein said channel can be selectively mounted to said support wall in one of a plurality of orientations in relation to one another.