ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,032, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KORU Medical Systems (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Needle insertion device" was invented by Andrew I Sealfon (Monroe, N.Y.) and Christopher Erol Ogut (Vernon, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally provides a device for inserting needles and alleviating the discomfort associated with needle insertion. In certain embodiments, the device is suited for injecting butterfly needles and particularly butterfly needles that are attached to infusion tubing. The patient or caregiver loads a butterfly needle with tubing attached into the base of the drive plunger. The needle with tubing ...