Patent ID: 8747366

Claim:
A medical needle comprising: a needle having a tip and a base end opposite to the tip; a protecting member slidable fitted onto the needle; a hub disposed at the base end of the needle; a pair of wings pivotally connected to the hub, the wings being provided on both sides of the axis of the needle; link members are connected to the tips of the wings, respectively, with the joints disposed between the link members and the wings, and tips of the link members being pivotally connected to the protecting member, wherein the wings and the link members are configured such that sliding the protecting member toward the tip of the needle moves the wings and the link members in a direction to become parallel to the needle as the protecting member covers the tip of the needle, wherein the link members each include a first link member and a second link member, the first link member having a base end connected to the tip of a respective one of the wings with a joint interposed therebetween, and the second link member having a base end connected to a tip of the first link member with a joint interposed therebetween and a tip of the second link member being pivotally connected to the protecting member, wherein each of the wings has a cavity and the respective one of the first link members is housed in the cavity when the protecting member is disposed at the base end of the needle.