ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,600, issued on May 5, was assigned to Verena Solutions LLC (Chicago).
"Needle dispenser" was invented by Michael Infanger (Park Ridge, Ill.) and Michael A. Carvajal (Medford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle dispenser includes a hopper configured to receive and hold a plurality of bulk needles for dispensing. A singularizing drum is positioned to rotate with a portion of the singularizing drum exposed to the interior of the hopper. The singularizing drum includes at least one groove in an outer surface of the singularizing drum. A positioning drum positioned to rotate adjacent to the singularizing drum. The positioning dru...