US Patent Issued to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Jan. 27 for "Needle shield grip devices and related methods" (New York, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,476, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Needle shield grip devices and related methods" was invented by Bryan Grygus (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Richard Jeff Gildersleeve (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Shaina Varghese (Green Island, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle guard grip device may include a body extending from a first end to a second end along a central longitudinal axis of the body. The body may include a plurality of ribs extending perpendicularly to the central longitudinal axis. The plurality of ribs may include a first set of longitudinally spaced ribs disposed on a first sid...