US Patent Issued to Amgen on July 8 for "Impact testing apparatuses and methods for drug delivery devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,469, issued on July 8, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Impact testing apparatuses and methods for drug delivery devices" was invented by Julian Jazayeri (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Sean Fitzgibbon (Camarillo, Calif.), Joshua Tamsky (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Christopher R. Folk (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Impact testing apparatuses are disclosed which simulate and measure various impact-related events associated with the operation of a drug delivery device. The impact testing apparatus may include an impactor configured to simulate a plunger rod of the drug delivery device, and a guide sleeve configur...