Patent 7549979 was granted and assigned to Benlan Inc. on June, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A safety needle device for percutaneous drug delivery to a patient includes a housing that is slidably mounted on a second portion of a substantially L-shaped, hollow needle for drug delivery. The housing includes a chamber provided between a sleeve portion and a passage. A forward end of the needle, which includes a tip, must deflect in order to pass through the passage into the chamber. The forward end of the needle is restricted from exiting the chamber through the sleeve portion and through the passage.