US Patent Issued to ALTAVIZ on June 16 for "Externally powered syringe drivers and systems and methods for using them" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,953, issued on June 16, was assigned to ALTAVIZ LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Externally powered syringe drivers and systems and methods for using them" was invented by Jack R. Auld (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Matthew McCawley (San Clemente, Calif.) and John C. Dunne Jr. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Syringe drivers and injector devices are provided. The driver includes a housing including a port communicating with a gas chamber therein and connectable to an external air source, and a cavity that receives a syringe containing an agent. A drive piston within the housing includes a first end disposed adjacent the gas chamber...