Patent ID: 7291135

Claim:
A winged angled needle assembly comprising a hub to which a proximal end portion of an angled needle having a sharpened tip portion is joined and a pair of wings attached to both sides of said hub, said wings are configured to be openable and closable, being open to be coplanar with each other when the needle is in use, and after use, being folded on each other when a stained needle is being pulled out and discarded, the winged angled needle assembly further comprising a fixing member attached so as to support said wings when said wings are opened, and an extendable, contractible needle guard disposed between said hub and said fixing member so as to connect these two members, wherein said needle guard is composed of two opposing hinged plates, configured to extend and encase the whole part of the angled needle with its sharpened tip portion between the opposing hinged plates when extended, wherein said opposing hinged plates have attached thereto, stop members or engagement members configured to prevent the exposure of the encased angled needle, said members are disposed to be opposed with each other, thereby securing the encased angled needle between the opposing hinged plates, thereby said needle guard being folded when the needle is in use, and after use extends in the direction from said proximal end portion of said stained needle to said sharpened tip portion when extended, so that all of said stained needle to be discarded, including the stained tip portion can be encased and secured in said guard when the stained needle is discarded.