US Patent Issued to Genzyme on April 8 for "Injector device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,858, issued on April 8, 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 reduces a force required for activation, and the medicament delivery device comprises: a needle at a distal end of the device; a needle cover and a body, wherein the needle cover is axially movable relative to the body between an initial position, in which the needle cover covers the needle, and an ...