ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,212, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CREDENCE MEDSYSTEMS INC. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"System and method for collecting injection information" was invented by Alan E. Shluzas (San Carlos, Calif.), Mina M. Leung (Mountain View, Calif.), Jeff Tillack (Foster City, Calif.) and Stephen H. Diaz (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for injection includes a syringe body having proximal and distal ends, a syringe interior, and a syringe flange at the proximal end thereof. The system also includes a stopper member disposed in the syringe interior. The system further includes a plunger member coupled to the stopper membe...