ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,304, issued on July 29, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
"Drug delivery device" was invented by Lawrence S. Ring (Laguna Beach, Calif.), Dhairya Mehta (South San Francisco, Calif.), Stephanie Toy (Cincinnati), Ferry Tamtoro (San Ramon, Calif.), Alexander Stuart Cairns (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Scott R. Gibson (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device includes a blunt cannula and a reservoir. The blunt cannula has a cylindrical wall that defines an axial passage between a first end and a second end of the blunt cannula. The wall has at least a first tapered region at the first end...