ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,226, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Medicament delivery device" was invented by Alexander Hee-Hanson (Melbourn, Great Britain) and Michael Parrott (Melbourn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament delivery device comprising a body, a needle, and an actuation member movable proximally from an initial position to a protruded position, and distally from the protruded position to an actuation position. The device has a transfer member which is movable proximally between an extended and a retracted position. In the extended position the distal end of the transfer member protrudes fro...