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New Safety Device Designed to Support the Needs of Biologics FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the commercial launch of a new passive needle guard technology, BD UltraSafe PLUS(TM). The BD UltraSafe PLUS(TM) Passive Needle Guard has received 510(k) clearance as an anti-needlestick safety device. This product, in addition to offering...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), today announced the launch of the BD Hyflow(TM) needle, a unique 27-gauge thin-wall needle designed for use with BD's prefillable syringe systems. The optimized inner diameter of the BD Hyflow needle enables injection of highly-viscous drug formulations without the use of a larger needle that could be more painful for the patient. As there are an increasing number of...

KOLDING, Denmark, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bestnet A/S announced today that it is signaling its entrance into the market for infectious disease control products with the immediate launch of Yellowone Needle Cap. Yellowone Needle Cap is a patented lid, which inexpensively and easily converts regular soda cans into safe and permanent disposal containers for used luer syringe needles. According to the World Health Organization, the re-use of contaminated needles and inadvertent needle...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BD AutoShield(TM) Duo is a next generation, 5mm safety-engineered pen needle designed to protect healthcare workers from needlestick injuries and blood exposure. It is now available in the US from BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company. To view multimedia assets for this release, please click:...

CHESTER, N.Y., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Repro-Med Systems, Inc., (REPR.PK) announced today that it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin U.S. marketing of its new Subcutaneous Needle Sets which the company is promoting as the HIgh Flo(TM) RMS Subcutaneous Needle Sets. The needle sets are intended for the delivery of medication to subcutaneous tissue. The needle sets have previously been approved and available for use by patients in Canada and...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the launch of BD Ultra-Fine(TM) Nano - the world's smallest pen needle. The BD Nano pen needle is proven to be as effective as longer needles for patients of all body types and proven to offer a less painful injection experience for the more than 5 million people in the United States who inject insulin or GLP-1 to manage their...

COPENHAGEN, October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Novo Nordisk has been awarded a Good Design Award(TM)(1) for NovoTwist(TM), the new needle designed for use with the insulin delivery device FlexPen(R). The needle, which has a simple 'just twist' attachment and detachment, makes injection easier for people with diabetes. The Good Design Award(TM) (also known as G-Mark Award)(1) from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization is a mark of true quality and gives recognition to the...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Direct Relief International announced today the launch of a new nationwide program to help people with insulin-dependent diagnosed diabetes who have been affected by the current economic crisis to manage the disease. BD has pledged to donate 5 million insulin syringes and pen needles through Direct Relief to more than 1,000 community health center and free clinic partners...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert to healthcare professionals, reminding them that single-patient insulin pens shouldn't be shared. The FDA said insulin pens and insulin cartridges shouldn't be used to administer medication to multiple patients due to the potential risk of transmitting blood-borne pathogens. Officials explained insulin pens are pen-shaped injector devices that contain a disposable needle and either an insulin reservoir or an insulin cartridge. The...

Painful injections and blood draws may soon be a thing of the past. New polymerization technology may cause the sting of a needle piercing the skin to disappear. For years, biomedical engineers have made attempts to develop a way to deliver drugs intravenously without pain. Until now their closest creation has been a metal microneedle which tends to break upon impact with skin. Roger Narayan and his team of researchers at the University of North Carolina and Laser Zentrum Hanover have...