ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. RE50,424, issued on May 13, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).
"Needle cover assembly" was invented by Stephan Olson (Stockholm).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle cover assembly includes a manually operable member; a rigid needle shield (RNS) provided with an internally arranged resilient cap, in turn arranged to house and protect an injection needle; and a RNS remover assembly including a tubular shaped member surrounding the RNS, in which the tubular shaped member is arranged with at least one grip member capable of gripping the RNS in order to remove the RNS. The RNS remover assembly further includes a spinning attac...