LOW PROFILE INFUSION SET
An infusion set (10) for administration of fluid to a subcutaneous layer includes a cannula housing (12). The needle housing (14) has a pair of flexible sidewalls (94,96) and a resilient band (102) connected to the sidewalls (98,100). The resilient band (102) is lockably engageable with the cannula housing (12) to thereby secure the housings together, and is releasable from the cannula housing (12) when the sidewalls (94,96) are pressed toward each other to deform the resilient band (102). A hollow needle extends out of a main body of the needle housing (14) for delivering fluid to the cannula from a fluid source. The walls of the needle housing (14) extend beyond a distal end of the hollow needle to prevent needle contact with contaminated surfaces and inadvertent injury.