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Feb. 16, 2017

Top Plaintiffs' Verdict by Dollar: Asbaghi v. Nydegger, $46 million

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Top Plaintiffs' Verdict by Dollar: Asbaghi v. Nydegger, $46 million
Daryoosh Khashayar

Accidental medical needle sticks can transmit disease, draw blood and cause pain. One estimate holds there are as many as 600,000 accidental stick injuries annually in the U.S. So inventor Hooman A. Asbaghi came up with a protective device for injection or aspiration needles that involved self-sheathing the barrel with a telescopically sliding sleeve that eliminates sticks after the needle is withdrawn from the patient.

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