ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,467, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Syringe assembly" was invented by Tianqi Hang (Newark, N.J.), David Poganski (Airmont, N.J.) and Amit Uday Limaye (Wayne, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe assembly (10, 80, 132, 192) includes a syringe barrel (12, 86, 134, 194) having a proximal end and a distal end, a needle (18, 89, 140, 200) coupled to the distal end of the syringe barrel, a body (22, 142, 202) coupled to the syringe barrel, and movable shield (24, 82, 164, 222) for moving in an axial direction between a first position where the needle is exposed and a second pos...