US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on May 20 for "Syringe needle shield" (Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,673, issued on May 20, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Syringe needle shield" was invented by Akshay Pujara (Parsippany, N.J.), Jason Mondro (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), Kevin Watts (Kearney, Neb.), Roger Hoeck (Holdrege, Neb.) and Lance Jacobi (Kearney, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe needle shield (10) and a method of using the syringe needle shield (10) that is configured to enclose a needle (4) of a syringe (2), the syringe needle shield (10) comprising a proximal end (20) providing access to an inner cavity (50), a distal end (22) including a flange (30), and an outer surface (24) incl...