Patent ID: 6969372

Claim:
An automatic retraction Huber needle enclosure when said Huber needle has a free end that is formed into a sharpened tip comprising: a fixed housing; a wing assembly mounted on said fixed housing, said wing assembly comprising a pair of wing members that are movable between an extended position where said wing members are in alignment with each other adapted for mounting onto an animal body and a collapsed position where said wing members are in a folded position in juxtaposition; a Huber needle mounted within said fixed housing, said Huber needle having a free end, said free end capable of protruding from said housing; a lid mounted on said fixed housing, said lid being movable relative to said fixed housing between a lower position and a raised position, with said lid in said lower position there being an internal chamber formed between said lid and said fixed housing, a portion of said Huber needle being located within said internal chamber; and a biasing means mounted within said internal chamber and connecting with said Huber needle, with said lid in said raised position, and said wing members in said collapsed position said sharpened tip of said Huber needle is to be totally confined within said internal chamber.