ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,537, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Biograil APS (Roskilde, Denmark).

"Oral drug delivery device with cover release" was invented by Nikolaj Skak (Roskilde, Denmark) and Raimo Urban Butzbacker (Roskilde, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral drug delivery device and a pharmaceutical composition is disclosed, the oral drug delivery having a longitudinal axis and extending from a first end to a second end, the oral drug delivery device comprising a cover; a body; a first attachment part having a first distal end and configured to deliver an active drug substance; and an actuator mechanism engaged with the first attachment ...