US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson France on May 12 for "Safety device for preventing needle stick injury with a needle of a medical injection device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,029, issued on May 12, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont-de-Claix, France).

"Safety device for preventing needle stick injury with a needle of a medical injection device" was invented by Franck Carrel (Saint Jean de Vaulx, France) and Freddy Mills (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device for preventing needle stick injury comprises a ring configured to be attached to the distal tip of a medical injection device, a first hinge portion, and a protective shield. The protective shield comprises a second hinge portion pivotally coupled to the first hinge portion and is configured to adopt successively...