Patent ID: 8585611

Claim:
A safety blood collector system comprising: a housing formed with cylindrical upper and lower sections and a frusto-conical central section, the sections having a common central axis and forming an interior chamber, an opening formed in the central section having upper and lower and sides edges, a flap covering the opening, the flap having one edge coupled with the opening; a support located within the chamber and slidable between extended and retracted orientations, the support having central, upper and lower extents, a cylindrical bore extending through the support, the support being formed with legs including a short leg, each of the legs extending downwardly and outwardly, the legs adapted to be radially contracted with the short leg is within the opening and restrained from downward movement by contact with the lower edge of the opening, the flap adapted to be depressed to move the short leg from contact with the opening whereby the legs will spring outwardly to move the support from the extended orientation to the retracted orientation; and upper and lower needles extending from the upper and lower extents of the support for movement with the support.