ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,325, issued on July 29, was assigned to FACET TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Atlanta).

"Needle with multi-bevel tip geometry" was invented by Benjamin Chopra (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-beveled needle point geometry for hypodermic needles such as pen needles. A proximal bevel is formed at a first angle of inclination, a pair of intermediate bevels at a second angle of inclination, and a pair of distal bevels at a third angle of inclination and differing angles of rotation. The second angle of inclination is substantially different than the first angle of inclination to define a marked apex at the intersections between the prox...