#$%^&*AU2009233612B220130124.pdf#####C:WRPotbl DCCPLB 8859_I .DOC-30/10/2009 - 15 ABSTRACT An IV-catheter comprising a catheter hub attached to the proximal end of a tubular catheter, a needle having a needle tip at a distal end of a needle shaft and an enlarged segment disposed along the needle shaft, said needle being 5 moveable between a ready position in which the needle tip protrudes from said catheter and a blocking position in which a needle guard blocks said needle tip, said needle guard being retained in the catheter hub when said needle is in the ready position, the needle guard including a rear wall and two resilient arms each joined at a proximal end to a respective end of the rear wall, each said arm being 10 generally oriented and crossing each other in a distal direction, a guard wall at the distal end of each arm, said guard walls abutting the shaft of the needle in the ready position and overlapping distally in front of the needle tip when the needle is in the blocking position, said rear wall including an opening through which the needle shaft passes, and the enlarged segment being larger than said opening to 15 retain the needle guard on the needle in the blocking position.(-) (0 (0 (NN 000 (14N C (1 LL. C~j L6 0E
