US Patent Issued to Pacto Medical on Oct. 14 for "Assemblable compact syringe with side mounted plunger rod" (California, Pennsylvania, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,623, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Pacto Medical Inc. (Homestead, Pa.).

"Assemblable compact syringe with side mounted plunger rod" was invented by George Robert Halvorsen Jr. (San Diego), Ian Speers (Washington) and Ryan Stinebaugh (Homestead, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe, a kit, methods of making and methods of using the same are provided. The syringe includes a syringe body defining an interior volume. The syringe body defines a first opening at a distal end for dispensing and a second opening at a proximal end. The syringe further includes a stopper disposed inside the barrel, optionally a stopper insert coup...