ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,448, issued on June 23, was assigned to Credence Medsystems Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Injection system and method" was invented by Stephen H. Diaz (Palo Alto, Calif.), Jeff Tillack (Foster City, Calif.) and Alan E. Shluzas (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection system includes an injection system body defining a proximal opening at a proximal end thereof and a distal needle interface at a distal end thereof. The system also includes proximal and distal stopper members disposed in the injection system body, forming a proximal drug chamber between the proximal and distal stopper members and a distal drug cham...