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Little Elm, TX, United States

Automated retractable syringe and needle safety devices designed to prevent needlestick injuries and protect healthcare workers. VanishPoint and EasyPoint technology features automated needle retraction, low dead-space design to minimize medication waste, and integrated safety mechanisms that activa...

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Little Elm, TX, United States

In 1989, Retractable's founder, Thomas J. Shaw, saw a television news segment about a doctor who had contracted HIV from an accidental needlestick injury. The doctor complained that design engineers were insensitive and unresponsive to the dangers faced daily by frontline healthcare workers. Shaw, a mechanical and structural engineer, was struck by the doctor's criticism and felt compelled to act. After spending a year developing preliminary design concepts, Shaw was awarded a grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to further develop his design concepts. Later he was awarded an additional grant to commercialize the production of one of his retractable syringe designs and to produce products for clinical trials.

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