ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,633, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont de Claix, France).
"Auto-injector with cap" was invented by Nicolas Besson (Treffort, France) and Adrien Plouvier (Saint Martin d'Heres, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device includes a housing, a syringe assembly including a barrel, a stopper, a cannula, and a rigid needle shield receiving at least a portion of the cannula, with at least a portion of the syringe assembly positioned within the housing, a drive assembly, with a portion of the drive assembly positioned within the housing, a cap secured to the housing, with the cap including ...