ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,771, issued on March 17, was assigned to RADIOMETER MEDICAL ApS (Bronshoj, Denmark).

"Syringe for obtaining a target volume of blood" was invented by Jacob Lykke (Bronshoj, Denmark) and Louise Wagner Norgaard (Bronshoj, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe for obtaining a target volume of blood is presented. The syringe (1) comprises a barrel (2), wherein a plunger (4) is arranged within the barrel (2) to be displaceable along a displacement direction (X). Furthermore the barrel (2) and the plunger (4) together provide for a first stop (20) and second stop (22), wherein the first stop (20) is configured for positioning a...