FDA clears Med-Design's safety dental syringe:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
US safety developer Med-Design has received US FDA 510(k) clearance to market its one-handed, single-use, disposable syringe injector for delivering dental anaesthetics. The Safety Dental Injector will be manufactured by Owens-Illinois using equipment designed and owned by Ventura, California-based Med-Design. Owens-Illinois, of Toledo, Ohio, is a manufacturer of glass and plastic packaging and medical products. Initial shipments of the syringe are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2003.