US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson France on June 16 for "Safety device for shielding an injection needle of a medical container, and an injection device including this safety device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,964, issued on June 16, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont de Claix, France).

"Safety device for shielding an injection needle of a medical container, and an injection device including this safety device" was invented by Michael Fiard (Eybens, France), Henry-Gilles Chaniol (Fontanil-Cornillon, France) and Gregory Peruzzo (Prunieres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The safety device includes a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis. The tubular body is configured to receive the medical container, a needle cover movable relative to said body between a retracted position, and an extended position in which t...