user-friendly self-retractable safety
syringe, when coupled together.
The Fluid Collector is designed to
prevent the risks of needle stick
injuries and needle reuse during
the safe collection of the body
fluids when coupled with reusable
injector.
Talking about the product, Bharati
Rathore, Director, Rescitech
Vision, mentions, “Our invention
is expected to decrease the bio-
medical waste generated due to
disposable syringes globally up to
70-75% and save the same extent
of raw material particularly plastic
material to be converted into bio-
medical waste.”
Current status
The virtual prototype has been
created to ensure the feasibility
of the breakthrough technology.
International Patent Application
(PCT/IB2016/051060) has
already been filled, which has been
published by World Intellectual
Property Organization, Geneva
on 15th September 2016 as
WO/2016/142799.
As per Bharati, the invention is
ready for commercialization. The
European Patent Office (EPO),
has recognized their entire claim
as novel, possessing inventive
steps and industrially applicable.
The company is in process of
filing the national phase patent
applications in various potential
PCT jurisdictions i.e. USA, Europe,
EAPO, ARIPO, China, Japan,
Brazil, Australia, Canada, South
Africa etc. to secure patent rights.
Simultaneously, the efforts are
underway to initiate further R&D
and commercially exploit the
invention, so that the real benefits
of the technology may reach to the
end-users.
Recently, the invention scored
second position in the world
among 225 inventions submitted
from various countries by securing
more than 32000 global populous
votes at #youforG20: Project of an
Interconnected World, an initiative
undertaken by Deutschland on the
occasion of G-20 Summit-2017
at Hamburg. The invention has
been listed on TOP 4th position
worldwide amongst ten ‘Future
Medical Technologies in 2020’. It
has also been shortlisted among
few inventions globally in the first
stage of ‘The First Mile Innovation
Challenge’ by The Consortium for
Affordable Medical Technologies
(CAMTech) of Massachusetts
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