ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,034, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DATADOSE LLC (Lexington, Ky.).

"Medical waste management using an intelligent injection device" was invented by Jeremy Corbett (Lexington, Ky.), John Spencer (Lexington, Ky.) and Nathaniel Mitchell (Nicholasville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, computer program product, and computer system for an intelligent injection device for medical waste tracking. The device may include a barrel in fluid communication with a needle connected with a first end of the barrel, a piston including a plunger, the piston positioned within a second end of the barrel, a microprocessor in electronic c...