ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,760, issued on July 15, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
"Plunger rod and syringe assembly system and method" was invented by Jeroen Ketelaars (Breda, Netherlands), Lawrence G. Leka (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Ernesto J. Perez (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Manuel Rey (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Jomasoel Rivera (Caguas, Puerto Rico), Javier O. Tapia (Gurabo, Puerto Rico), Martin van Wezel (Breda, Netherlands), Francisco Almedina Vazquez (Cayey, Puerto Rico) and Noel Wah Reyes (Canovanas, Puerto Rico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for coupling a plunger rod to a syringe assembly may include a carriage including a crad...