ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,143, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to L&K BIOMED Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Medical needle device" was invented by Gook Jin Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Soo Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a medical needle device, and more specifically, to a medical needle device capable of drilling a fine passage in an affected part of a patient, or collecting a portion of tissue in the body of the patient. Through the present invention, a needle and a handle of the medical needle device may be separated, and thus the device may be conveniently used while not obstructing th...