ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,759, issued on July 15, was assigned to Espire-Medical LLC (Wildwood, Mo.).
"Medical injector, syringe, and connector" was invented by John Edward Powers (Wildwood, Mo.), Thomas D. Winkler (Fenton, Mo.) and David L Wojcicki (Dittmer, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe including a barrel having an interior surface defining an interior extending along a longitudinal axis between an open end and a closed end opposite the open end. The closed end has an orifice that opens to a nozzle extending from the closed end. The syringe includes a plunger including a support and a seal attached to the support. The seal defines a selective...