US Patent Issued to Genzyme on April 15 for "Injector device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,874, issued on April 15, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Injector device" was invented by Alexander Hee-Hanson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Thomas Lever (Melbourn, Great Britain), Michael Parrott (Melbourn, Great Britain) and Robert Wilson (Melbourn, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament delivery device for reducing a force required to activate the device includes a needle disposed at a distal end of the device, a needle cover, and a body. The needle cover is axially movable relative to the body between an initial position in which the needle cover covers the needle and an activated position for di...