US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Safety injection needle assembly" (Malaysian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,231, issued on July 28.

"Safety injection needle assembly" was invented by Keng Kiong Tay (Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a safety injection needle assembly (100) comprising an injection needle (110) affixed to a hub (120) having a stud (130) and a receiving means (140) for receiving a dental syringe, an inner sheath (150) having a slit (190) to receive the stud (130) for retaining the injection needle (110), and an outer sheath (220) and a cap (240) for housing the inner sheath (150). In addition, a pair of outer studs (170) of the inner sheath (150) complements with an oute...