Patent ID: 6974444

Claim:
A safety infusion set, comprising: a length of flexible tubing, said tubing having a first end and a second end; a hollow catheter body, said body having a first end, a second end, an outer surface and an extended outlet portion, and being fixedly attached at its first end to the first end of the tubing; a pair of attachment wings, said attachment wings being fixedly attached to the outer surface of the catheter body; said outlet portion having a first end, a center section and a second end and being fixedly attached at its first end to the second end of the catheter body; a connection fitting attached to the second end of the tubing; a hollow needle, said needle having a first end and a second end and being fixedly attached at its first end to the second end of the outlet portion such that fluid may pass from the flexible tubing, through the catheter body and the outlet portion and outwardly through the hollow needle; a needle shield, said shield having an outer surface, a first end, a second end, and being sized and shaped to fit slidably over the needle, the outlet portion and at least a portion of the catheter body; said needle shield having a cylindrical portion commencing at the second end of the shield, said cylindrical portion having an outer end and an inner end and being sized and shaped to fit over the outlet portion, and a slotted portion, said slotted portion having a longitudinal slot, extending from the inner end of the cylindrical portion toward the first end of the shield, said slotted portion being sized and shaped to fit slidably over the hollow catheter body with said slot accommodating an intersection of the wings and the catheter body; means for securing the needle shield at its first end to the catheter body in a first position, said first position permitting the second end of the needle to extend outwardly from the second end of the shield and in a second position in which the second end of the needle shield extends beyond the second end of the needle; means for moving the needle shield from the first position to the second position using a single hand; and means for containing any fluid leaking from the second end of the needle within the needle shield when the shield is secured to the catheter body in the second position.