Abstract: A hybrid blunt cannula with puncture needle assembly that includes a barrel body having a sidewall, two opposing ends, defining and enclosing a barrel channel, and defining a button translation channel through the sidewall of the barrel body, a hub translatably disposed within the barrel channel, an outer cannula member with one end disposed within the hub and a second end for contacting an individual's skin, defining an eye thereon, an inner needle member of a substantially rigid material disposed within the outer cannula member and having a second inner needle free end that is of a sharp configuration, and having a button translatably coupled to the hub, disposed within the button translation channel, and operably configured to modulate the hub and outer cannular member independent of the inner needle member to cause the inner needle to translate through the second cannular end to puncture the individual's skin.