ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,540, issued on July 15, was assigned to NIPRO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Syringe-shaped spraying device" was invented by Yukihiro Yabe (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe-shaped spraying device includes: a syringe-shaped spraying device main body including a barrel that stores a liquid medicine, a plunger having a front end inserted in the barrel with a gasket being attached to the front end, and a nozzle that is provided with a spraying hole for spraying the liquid medicine and that is connected to a front end of the barrel; a vial adapter having a transfer needle to pierce a vial that stores a liquid medicine so as t...