ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,165, issued on July 7, was assigned to Innomed Technologies Inc. (Encino, Calif.).
"Precision low-dose, low-waste syringes and ergonomic attachments therefor" was invented by John H. Joseph (Westlake Village, Calif.), Minh Bui (Stanton, Calif.) and Rod Peterson (Ladera Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Syringe attachments and syringes have particular suitability to the precision dispensing of small amounts of high viscosity materials, such as dermal fillers. An attachment may include a main body having an assist feature that includes a wheel and pinion gears on each side of the wheel which engage respective racks on the syr...