ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,145, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Fluid dispensing device" was invented by Praveen Nalawade (Bangaluru, India) and Shishir Prasad (Ramsey, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery device, such as a syringe, is disclosed, including a bellows structure defining a first end, a second end, and a cavity therein, where compressing the bellows structure reduces a height of the syringe; a tip adjacent the first end, the tip defining a channel in fluid communication with the cavity; a post coaxial with the channel and disposed in the cavity adjacent the second end of the bellow...