Patent ID: 8668673

Claim:
A take-off needle comprising a hollow lance having a distal end adapted to perform an insertion operation, said hollow lance being connected to at least one pipe provided with two spigots with each being connected to a tube, each tube is connected to a different collection container such that liquid flows through the lance and pipe and into the two spigots, a body for holding the hollow lance and pipe relative to each other, each spigot being connected to and projecting from the holding body in a direction selected from the group consisting of transversely and obliquely, the needle having two flanges held on respective sides of and spaced from the holding body by virtue of a spacer disposed between each flange and the holding body, the spigots projecting from the holding body from between the two flanges, said flanges extending in a longitudinal direction from the spigots to the vicinity of the proximal end of the hollow lance, the width of each flange being greater than the width of the portion of the holding body facing the flanges and each of the flanges is arcuate so as to be bowed towards the holding body.