US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on May 6 for "Dual chamber syringe with retractable needle" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,669, issued on May 6, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Dual chamber syringe with retractable needle" was invented by Ivan Zivkovic (Mahwah, N.J.), Jorgen Hager (Helsingborg, Sweden), Ulf Handberg (Upplands Vasby, Sweden), Gert Hanner (Hoganas-Mjohult, Sweden), Thomas Holma (Svangsta, Sweden) and Ulf Wahlberg (Helsingborg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a retractable syringe assembly are provided that include a dual syringe barrel configuration. One or more embodiments include reuse prevention features and features that prevent premature activation of the retraction mechanism. Met...