ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,598, issued on June 3, was assigned to Retractable Technologies Inc. (Little Elm, Texas).
"Medical syringe" was invented by Thomas J. Shaw (Frisco, Texas) and Mark Small (Heavener, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety syringe for medical use having an injection molded plastic body with a tubular barrel, a transverse finger flange surrounding the barrel and two upwardly projecting wings with substantially flat, outwardly facing surfaces disposed forwardly of the finger flange, a plunger assembly slidably engaging an inside wall of the barrel, a needle with a tip projecting forwardly from the barrel, and a needle safety shield ...