US Patent Issued to Plasto Technology Group on Feb. 10 for "Ultra-low waste disposable syringe with self-adjusting integrated safety features" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,516, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Plasto Technology Group LLC (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.).

"Ultra-low waste disposable syringe with self-adjusting integrated safety features" was invented by Barry B. Berler (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) and Alan Blackman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system with a needle head that attaches to a syringe assembly. The syringe assembly contains a barrel and a plunger. The plunger has a bore opening that is accessible from within the barrel. A tubular spacer is disposed within the barrel. The tubular spacer defines a central opening. The needle head has a needle that extends from a needle base...