ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,168, issued on March 11, was assigned to AIJEX PHARMA INTERNATIONAL INC. (Toyama, Japan).
"Needleless injectors and related methods" was invented by Masayoshi Fukushima (Orange, Calif.) and Daisuke Futakawa (Takaoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needleless injector for performing a subcutaneous injection without a needle. The needleless injector has a drive end having a drive spring for driving a piston system against a plunger to push liquid out a nozzle of an ampoule with sufficient velocity to deliver a subcutaneous injection without a needle."
The patent was filed on June 29, 2021, under Application No. 17/362,665.
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