ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,283, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Vigmed AB (Sweden).
"Needle shielding device" was invented by Maria Cecilia Therese Hellstrom (Lomma, Sweden), Ulf Magnus Handberg (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) and Johan Fredrik Thorne (Helsingborg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a needle shielding device for a catheter instrument extending along a longitudinal axis A, comprising an inner part comprising an inner part track extending along said axis A, a middle part comprising a middle part track extending along the axis A, and an internal middle part engagement, an outer grip part, comprising a needle hub, h...