ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,723, issued on May 12, was assigned to Bentley InnoMed GmbH (Hechingen, Germany).
"Non-coring needle with reversed sharp edge" was invented by Yossi Pesis (Pardes Hana, Israel) and Dan Rottenberg (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piercing device includes a tube (10) formed with a needle tip (12). The needle tip (12) includes a bevel having a bevel length (BL) that extends at a bevel angle from a base of a heel (14) to a sharp distal, radially outer edge of the needle tip (12). A reversed edge (17) is formed as a reversed edge angle on the heel (14) of the bevel. The bevel angle is an acute angle, and the reversed edge an...