Patent ID: 6918894

Claim:
A safety needle device for protecting a user against a needle-stick injury, the needle device comprising: a needle housing having a distal housing opening and an internal arcuate groove formed within the needle housing and extending to the distal housing opening; a needle disposed within the arcuate groove and having a distal needle portion extending away therefrom through the distal housing opening; an elongate sheath assembly surrounding the needle and being moveable along the arcuate groove; a torsional spring disposed within the needle housing and being sized and configured to apply a force upon the sheath assembly for transition thereof towards and out of the distal housing opening; and a trigger member retaining the sheath assembly within the needle housing against the force urging the sheath assembly towards the distal housing opening, wherein the trigger member is sized and configured to release the sheath assembly from retention to allow the sheath assembly to transition towards and out of the distal housing opening via the force to thereby enclose the distal needle portion therewith and protect the user against the needle stick injury.