ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,766, issued on July 15, was assigned to BERPU MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Wenzhou, China).
"Safe insulin needle" was invented by Hongjie Zhang (Wenzhou, China) and Xingguo Wang (Wenzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Safe insulin needle assembly includes protection sheath, needle, safety protection sleeve, pressure seat and needle holder. The needle is arranged on the central axis of the needle holder. The pressure seat is sheathed over the upper portion of the needle holder. The safety protection sleeve is sheathed on the needle holder and the pressure seat as a whole. The upper protection of the safety protection sleeve is ...