ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,308, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bayer HealthCare LLC (Whippany, N.J.).
"Syringe plunger engagement mechanism" was invented by Shahab Taheri (Kleinmachnow, Germany), Timothy Newing (Thornleigh, Australia), Grant Karsten (Carlingford, Australia), Aiden Salm (Oakville, Australia) and Han Min Thu (Mandalay, Myanmar).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid injector system has at least one reciprocally operable piston having a piston head, and a plunger engagement mechanism associated with the piston head. The plunger engagement mechanism has a cam sleeve disposed within the piston head and movable relative to the piston head, the ca...