US Patent Issued to Plasto Technology Group on March 31 for "Needle and syringe system with automatic safety shield that renders a needle safe" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,211, issued on March 31, was assigned to Plasto Technology Group LLC (Huntington Valley, Pa.).

"Needle and syringe system with automatic safety shield that renders a needle safe" was invented by Barry B. Berler (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) and Uzi Malimovka (Givat-Shmuel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety syringe system that automatically shields a needle after an injection. A plunger extends into a barrel. An elastic return construct is provided that has at least one stretchable arm. The elastic return construct engages the barrel and positions each stretchable arm along the exterior of the barrel. A safety shield is provi...