US Patent Issued to Genzyme on July 15 for "Vial adapter and injection kit for withdrawing a liquid medicament from an injection vial" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,538, issued on July 15, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Vial adapter and injection kit for withdrawing a liquid medicament from an injection vial" was invented by Haiming Wu (Weston, Mass.) and Danial Ferreira (Woodbridge, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vial adapter comprises an adapter body comprising a top wall and a sidewall projecting from the top wall in a longitudinal direction to form a receptacle with a distal side of the top wall. The receptacle is configured to receive at least a portion of a barrel head of an injection vial. A movable part comprises a base part and a spike fixed to the base part....