Becton Dickerson

In your judgment, did Becton Dickinson experience an obligation to post the safety syringe in each(prenominal) its sizes in 1991? Explain your position, development the materials from this chapter and the normals of utilitarianism, rights, justice, and caring Becton Dickerson is one of the largest manufacturers of medical supplies,dominates the commercialize in disposable syringes and needles. In 1986, BectonDickinson had acquired exclusive rights to a patent for a new syringe invented byCharles B. store that had a moveable custodial sleeve around it. The plastictube around the syringe could slidedown to rarely projection screen the needle. 992, a nurse, Maryann Rockwood, used a Becton Dickinson 5 cc syringeand needle to move railway line from a longanimous know to be infected with AIDS. Ms. Rockwood Worked in a clinic that served AIDS patients, and she drew blood from their patients several times a day. After drawing the blood on this particular day,she transferred the A IDS contaminated blood to a retile sieve tube called a restrainertube by sticking the needle through the safety device stopper of the lest tube, which shewas bolding with her other hand. She accidentally pricked her finger with thecontaminated needle. She is now HIV positive.For removing this problem, on December 23. 1996, the U. S patent officeissued patent number 4,631,05y to Charles B Mitchell for a syringe with a tubesurrounding the body of the syringe thatcould be pulled down to cover andprotectthe needle on the syringe. As Mitchell noted inhis patent application, those devicesall suffered from respectable drawbacks. One of them would not lock the protectivecover over the exposed needle, one was passing complex, another much longerthan a standard syringe anddifficult to use, and a fourth was designed primarily foruse on animals.So, it can be say that Becton Dickinson has not an obligation to provide thesafety syringe in all its sizes. The phoner decided to market only a 3 cc varianceof the protective sleeve. For 5 years, Becton Dickinson manufactured only 3 ccsafety syringes. Utilitarianism, rights, Justice and caring The principle of Latinityrequires that wherever we have a choice between a indispensable actions or social policies,we must choose the one that has the best general consequence for everyoneconcerned. Denton Dickinson had at least four other patents for needle-shieldingdevices.There included ICC, 3 cc, 5cc, and to cc syringe. However, the companydecided to market only a 3 cc version of the protective sleeve. The a cc syringes account for about help of all syringe used, although the larger size 5 cc and 10 ccstringer-are prefer by nurse whendrawing blood. Should manufacturers be held liable for failing to market all the products for which they hold exclusive patents when someones injury would have been avoided if they had marketed those products? Explain your answer. Yes, they should be. It is their legal and moral obligation to do so .