US Patent Issued to Genzyme on July 1 for "Medicament delivery device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,505, issued on July 1, 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 includes a needle being axially moveable from a retracted position to an exposed position. The device includes an actuation member configured to be movable to an actuation position to cause the needle to move from the retracted position to the exposed position. The device includes a locking member for preventing the movement of the actuation member to the actuation posi...