ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,719, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Roncadelle Operations SRL (Castel Mella, Italy).
"Syringe with an improved needle retraction mechanism" was invented by Erik Ryckalts (Castel Mella, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a syringe with an improved needle retraction mechanism, comprising: (a) a cylindrical barrel, (b) a needle holder, (c) a hollow plunger, (d) a rod, (e) an extractor element, and (f) a recovery tension or compression spring, the extractor element being movably displaceable from an advanced position to a retracted position, said extractor element having a male protrusion to engage ...