US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson France on Jan. 27 for "Syringe having pivoting arm plunger rod" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,470, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France S.A.S. (Le Pont-de-Claix, France).

"Syringe having pivoting arm plunger rod" was invented by Darrin Scott Manke (North Andover, Mass.), Christopher Labak (Brookline, N.H.) and Joseph Omer St. Cyr (Salem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end. The syringe assembly further includes a stopper disposed within a chamber of the syringe barrel, a plunger adapter engaged with the stopper, and a plunger rod having first and second ends. Th...