Mr. Kuracina is the primary inventor of the Company’s safety-engineered hypodermic technology used for improving patient outcomes and reducing workplace-related injuries.
He has been awarded 40 US Patents, numerous foreign counterpart patents, and is a named inventor on other pending US patent applications. The Company’s safety-engineered needle patents have been successfully enforced in the US and multiple foreign jurisdictions.
His current projects are focused on needle tips with echogenic features that are visible under short-axis and long-axis ultrasound imaging, a procedure-activated safety injection needle, a procedure-activated safety blood collection needle that includes a deployable puncture-site cover, safety needles with blood containment features, and safety endo-vascular needles.