ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,309, issued on Dec. 23.
"Multi-lumen syringes for intraocular injections" was invented by Itay Chowers (Moshav Beit Zait, Israel) and Tomer Batash (Lod, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided herein a multi-lumen syringe for intraocular injection, including a first lumen, a second lumen, one or more needles fluidly connected to the lumens, and a needle sheath disposed about the one or more needles; wherein the needle sheath includes a plurality of n proximity/contact/pressure actuators on a distal rim of the needle sheath; wherein the syringe is switchable between at least two configurations: a first configuration in...