Patent ID: 7314464

Claim:
A safety shield system comprising: a needle assembly comprising: a hub member; a needle cannula carried by said hub member and having sharpened first and second ends; a clip member on said hub member and having a plurality of resilient fingers; first shielding means having an open end near said first end of said needle cannula, and a generally closed end near said second end of said cannula and having an aperture defined therethrough, said first shielding means being moveably arranged with respect to said hub member between a first position surrounding said needle cannula, a second position exposing a part of said needle cannula, and a third position lockingly surrounding said sharpened second end of said needle cannula; and means engaging said first shielding means for biasing said first shielding means toward said first and third positions; and second shielding means for lockingly receiving said open end of said first shielding means and enclosing said sharpened first end of said needle cannula.