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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Becton Dickinson France, S.a.s., Le Pont-de-Claix, FR;
Darrin Scott Manke, North Andover, MA (US);
Christopher Labak, Brookline, NH (US);
Joseph Omer St. Cyr, Salem, NH (US);
David Robert Schiff, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Mathieu Dominic Turpault, Pennington, NJ (US);
Antonio Gatta, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John Depler Coleman, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Becton Dickinson France, S.A.S., Le Pont-de-Claix, FR;
Abstract
A syringe assembly including a plunger rod having a first end, a second end, and a rod portion extending therebetween, wherein at least a portion of the rod portion is flexible is disclosed. The flexible portion of the rod portion allows a stopper to be moved between a first position and a second position within a syringe barrel while the overall length of the syringe assembly remains the same throughout the movement between the first position and the second position. In another embodiment, a syringe assembly including a restraining member adapted to communicate with the flexible portion of the rod portion such that movement of the first end of the plunger rod in a first direction actuates movement of the second end of the plunger rod in a second direction different than the first direction is disclosed.