Patent ID: 8172809

Claim:
A manually advanceable safety shield apparatus comprising: a safety shield including a distal segment having a distal end and a proximal end, a proximal segment having a distal end and a proximal end, and a retention member, the proximal end of the distal segment being pivotally connected to the distal end of the proximal segment and the retention member being pivotally secured to the proximal end of the proximal segment; wherein the retention member includes an opening dimensioned to be slidably received about a nose of a medical needle device such that the distal segment and the proximal segment of the safety shield are manually movable from a retracted position to an advanced position to shield a needle supported on the medical needle device; wherein, when in the retracted position, the distal end of the distal segment extends around the nose of the medical needle device, and a longitudinal axis of the distal segment is non-parallel to a longitudinal axis of the needle, and wherein, when in the advanced position, the longitudinal axis of the distal segment is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the needle; and a retention collar dimensioned to be frictionally engaged about the nose of the medical needle device to secure the safety shield to the medical needle device; wherein the distal segment includes an angled extension having a distal end extending outwardly from a wall, the angled extension being configured to engage and slide along at least one of the needle and the nose of the medical needle device.