ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,515, issued on July 1, was assigned to MediVena Sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland).

"Needle-based device with a safety mechanism implemented therein" was invented by Jaroslaw Moleda (Warsaw, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle-based device includes a body, a needle protruding from the body for a length thereof, and a needle shield encompassing an entirety of the protruding length of the needle to protect the needle in a first state of disuse of the needle-based device. The needle shield is retracted in a direction toward the body to apply a force in the direction to cause the needle to emerge out of the needle shield to prepare th...