US Patent Issued to Amgen on May 20 for "Hybrid drug delivery devices with optional grip portion and related method of preparation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,677, issued on May 20, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Hybrid drug delivery devices with optional grip portion and related method of preparation" was invented by Margaux Frances Boyaval (Newbury Park, Calif.), Brian Stonecipher (Newbury Park, Calif.), Avon Kuo (San Jose, Calif.) and Lisa Nugent (Malibu, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drug delivery devices are described that provide hybrid forms with optional gripping functionalities. For example, the devices can include a grip portion on a skin contact surface with a release liner disposed thereon. A user can operate the devices with the release liner disp...