US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 20 for "Needle hub and applicator for drug delivery device" (British, Irish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,249, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Needle hub and applicator for drug delivery device" was invented by Steve Beguin (Rathdrum, Ireland), David James Coleman (Shankill, Ireland), Patrick Le Gal Redon (Seyssinet-Pariset, France), Marko Plevnik (London) and Nathan Lyell (Woking, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle hub for a drug delivery device includes an applicator having a needle holder, a needle attached to the needle holder, a needle retraction spring, and an activation button, and a hub body including a cannula holder, a cannula attached to the cannula holder...