Patent ID: 8784387

Claim:
A needle assembly comprising: a housing comprising a wall having an interior wall surface defining a cavity having a tip protector disposed therein; a needle, which has a shaft, a sharpened needle tip, and a crimp, a material build up, a bend or combinations thereof, passing through the housing and the tip protector; the tip protector comprising a first protector body comprising two spaced apart arms each comprising a free end with a gap between the two free ends; the first protector body further comprising a proximal wall with an opening located inside an interior cavity of a second protector body, which has a body comprising at least two edges and an arm comprising a projection that is movable relative to the at least two edges; wherein the crimp, the material build up, the bend or the combinations thereof on the needle is configured to engage the opening on the proximal wall in a protective position; and wherein the arm with the projection on the second protector body and the first protector body are located along a same axial position of the shaft of the needle; and wherein the second protector body comprises two proximal walls having an elongated non-circular opening therebetween.