US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 21 for "Retaining element to prevent break loose contamination for partially pre-filled syringes" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,277, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Retaining element to prevent break loose contamination for partially pre-filled syringes" was invented by Paul P. Marici (Piscataway, N.J.), Xiaoyu Sun (Montville, N.J.), Jonathan Marek Zalot (Ringwood, N.J.) and Youstina Matta (East Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Syringe assemblies are provided including a partially pre-filled syringe barrel and a plunger rod that incorporates one or more retention elements on the plunger rod that prevents solution from entering a non-sterile area of the syringe when the plunger rod is pulled ba...