US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Dec. 30 for "Safety device for preventing needle stick injury with a needle of a medical injection device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,373, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Safety device for preventing needle stick injury with a needle of a medical injection device" was invented by Gregory Peruzzo (Prunieres, France) and Franck Carrel (Saint Jean de Vaulx, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device includes a ring configured to be attached to a distal tip of a medical injection device and a protective shield movably coupled to the ring and configured to adopt a storage position covering the needle tip, an operative position uncovering the needle tip, and a safety position covering the needle tip A protec...