US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INDUSTRIES on Nov. 25 for "Needle packaging and disposal assembly" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,449, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INDUSTRIES INC (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

"Needle packaging and disposal assembly" was invented by Patrick Vitello (Pompano Beach, Fla.), Jonathan Vitello (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Peter Lehel (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly, for packaging and safely disposing of a needle structure, including a housing having at least one containment structure. The containment structure includes a hinge movably interconnecting a base and a needle retaining segment, between open and closed orientations. The retaining segment includes a compartment removably contai...