ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,263, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Algen & Klemer LLC (New York).
"Syringe control structure and manufacture method" was invented by Alexander Merson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Gennady I Kleyman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved hypodermic syringe including finger-holding surfaces that substantially or completely surround the operator finger and include an interior tapered portion to better engage a finger, which facilitates one-handed use by allowing the same hand that holds the syringe to operate the plunger conveniently to accomplish both the distal (injecting) stroke and the proximal (aspirating) stroke."...