US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 1 for "Safety syringe" (Italian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,952, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Safety syringe" was invented by Pierre Ducarouge (Milan) and Freddy Mills (Fontanil Cornillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a safety syringe including a syringe having a barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an interior, a needle arranged at the distal end of the barrel, and a plunger arranged at the proximal end of the barrel, and a safety subassembly, having a support body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an interior, the syringe rec...