ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,061, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DOC-INVENT SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Medical instrument with injection needles" was invented by Alain Mariller (Les Monts-de-Corsier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an instrument, for a medical application, said instrument comprising a body (1), at least one needle, channel means (15) to bring a fluid to said at least one needle, and actuating means (6) for moving said at least one needle from a retracted position to an extended position by rotation of actuating means (6) with respect to the body."

The patent was filed on March 19, 2020, under Applicatio...