ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,000, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont-de-Claix, France).
"Adaptor and drug delivery device" was invented by Michel Bosshardt (Claix, France) and Benoit Guillard (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter for use with a drug delivery device having a reservoir for containing a product, the reservoir having a distally projecting end-piece defining a passageway for the transfer of the product from the reservoir, includes a collar engageable with the end-piece, an adaptor securing member limiting translational movement of the collar with respect to the end-piece once the collar is engaged ...