Safety needle

A safety needle for automatically covering a tip of a needle following removal of the needle from a patient, the safety needle comprising:

• an injection device moveable between an initial position and an intermediate position, the injection device includes:
• a needle extending from a hub and having a tip, and
• a slidable sleeve at least partially surrounding the needle and mounted on the hub;
• and
• a packing sleeve having a generally hollow body surrounding at least a portion of the injection device in the initial position and the intermediate position, the generally hollow body including at least one track having an activation leg and a releasing leg, the at least one track configured to slidingly engage with at least one member of the injection device to move the injection device to the intermediate position and wherein the packing sleeve is only removable from the injection device when the injection device is in the intermediate position.