ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,213, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Fresenius Vial SAS (Brezins, France).

"Medical device comprising an actuation element" was invented by Mathieu Paoli (La Murette, France), Damien Archat (Grenoble, France), Fabien Thomas (Saint Victor de Cessieu, France) and Jean-Marc Ulrich (Saint Jean de Moirans, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device (1) for administering a medical fluid to a patient (4) comprises a housing (10) comprising a housing portion (11), a control device (19) for controlling operation of the medical device (1), a control element (18) placed on said housing portion (11) and being actuatable for entering...