Patent ID: 8287498

Claim:
A shieldable assembly comprising: a needle holder extending between a first end and a second end and defining an open interior; and a needle assembly comprising: a housing having proximal and distal ends and a chamber wall extending between said ends for defining a chamber in said housing, at least a portion of said chamber wall being formed from a material that permits observation of a fluid flowing into said chamber, said housing engageable with said first end of said needle holder; an intravenous puncture tip extending from said distal end of said housing and a non-patient puncture tip extending from said proximal end of said housing, said non-patient puncture tip extending within said open interior of said needle holder when said housing is engaged with said first end of said needle holder and said intravenous puncture tip in fluid communication with said chamber of said housing; and a rotatable shield adapted to be positionable in an open position where said shield is spaced from said intravenous puncture tip, said shield further being rotatable to a closed position where said shield covers said intravenous puncture tip; tip, wherein at least a portion of said chamber is disposed distally of a location at which said shield is hingedly connected with said shieldable assembly so as to permit observation of a fluid in said chamber.