US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 17 for "Universal connection device for pen injectors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,946, issued on June 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Universal connection device for pen injectors" was invented by Amit Limaye (Wayne, N.J.), Jeremy Gartner (Closter, N.J.) and Philip Ponce De Leon (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal add-on for an injection pen is provided. A static portion (110) has opposing gripping members to grip a body (112) of the injection pen. A moving portion (106) has opposing gripping members to grip an actuator (114) of the injection pen. Displacement measurement devices (102) measure relative linear and rotational movement of the actuator...