US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on Oct. 27 for "Living hinge seal for silicone-free syringe barrel" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,499, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Living hinge seal for silicone-free syringe barrel" was invented by Michael Dean Haslam (Sandy, Utah) and Richard P. Jenkins (Bluffdale, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe assembly void of silicone is disclosed. The syringe assembly includes a syringe plunger and a syringe barrel. The syringe plunger includes a handle and a plunger tip. The plunger tip includes a wiper extending from a hinge configured to allow the wiper to flex proximally and distally. The wiper includes a proximal circumferential seal and a distal circumferential se...