ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,015, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
"Autoinjector" was invented by Valerie M. Fenster (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Stephanie Toy (Cincinnati), Mark Ka Lai Lee (Newbury Park, Calif.) and Denise Meyer (Sudbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injector such as a needle-type autoinjector having a flexible flange disposed at an injection end of the injector for stretching or pinching the skin of the injection site. The flexible flange may be removably attached to the injector or integrated into the injector during manufacturing. Further, an injector having a palm button disposed at an activation ...