ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,260, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Injector and method of assembly" was invented by Scott R. Gibson (Simi Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injector may include a container having a wall with an interior surface defining a closed sterile reservoir filled with a medical fluid or drug product. The injector may also include a fluid delivery system comprising a sterile container needle that is in fluid communication with the container in a delivery state, but may or may not be in fluid communication with the container in a storage state. The sterile container needle is attached t...