A SAFETY DEVICE IS PRESENTED FOR SECURELY STOWING A DOUBLE SHARP-ENDED NEEDLE. THE DEVICE COMPRISES A TUBULAR ADAPTER WITH A LONGITUDINALLY-ELONGATED CHANNEL. A NEEDLE HOLDER IS LOCATED IN THE CHANNEL TO MOVE FROM A DISTAL ORIENTATION, IN WHICH ONE NEEDLE END PROJECTS FROM A DISTAL ADAPTER OPENING, AND A PROXIMAL ORIENTATION, IN WHICH BOTH NEEDLE ENDS ARE ENCLOSED WITHIN THE ADAPTER BODY. A TOP PLATE TRANSITIONS FROM A DISTAL ORIENTATION, IN WHICH THE PLATE IS DISTAL FROM A PROXIMAL ADAPTER OPENING, AND A PROXIMAL ORIENTATION, IN WHICH THE TOP PLATE OBSTRUCTS THE PROXIMAL ADAPTER OPENING. AN ACTUATOR PLATE IS ATTACHED TO THE ADAPTER BODY TO TRANSITION FROM A FIRST POSITION WHERE THE ACTUATOR PLATE RETAINS THE NEEDLE HOLDER AND TOP PLATE IN DISTAL ORIENTATIONS, AND A SECOND POSITION WHERE THE NEEDLE HOLDER AND TOP PLATE MOVE TO PROXIMAL ORIENTATIONS. FIG. 1
