Patent ID: 8235945

Claim:
An intravenous apparatus comprising: a safety device; a wing housing; one or more lugs removably connecting the wing housing to the safety device whereby a pulling force applied to the safety device and the wing housing separates the safety device from the wing housing; an elongated needle passageway extending longitudinally through the safety device and the wing housing; a needle longitudinally movable in the needle passageway in a first direction and an opposite second direction, and comprising a needle tip longitudinally movable with the needle in the first direction from an exposed position wherein the needle tip is exposed to a patient's vein to a disposal position wherein the needle tip is within the safety device; a needle hub movable with the needle and in communication with the needle; a flash back chamber within the needle hub; a flare on the needle that is within the safety device when the needle is in the disposal position; a bush in the passageway within the safety device; wherein the flare and the bush prevent movement of the needle tip in the first direction within the passageway; and a needle tip blocker within the safety device and being movable relative to the passageway from a non-blocking position wherein the needle tip is free to move within the passageway to a blocking position wherein the needle tip is within the safety device and is blocked from returning within the passageway in the second direction.