US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 9 for "Device for facilitating needle injection" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,278, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Device for facilitating needle injection" was invented by Amit Limaye (Wayne, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (25) is provided to aid in needle insertion of an injector, such as a safety pen needle (10). The device (25) includes a housing (30) having a mounting surface (38) configured to contact a skin surface (78), and a hole (46) configured to receive the injector (10), wherein the hole (46) is configured allow the injector (10) to bottom out on the hole (46) to aid in the needle insertion. An LED (70) may also be provided to ill...