ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,582, issued on June 3, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Medicament delivery device" was invented by Timothy Denyer (Melbourn, Great Britain), James Bradford (Melbourn, Great Britain), Alexander Hee-Hanson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Robert Wilson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Dean Twite (Melbourn, Great Britain) and Thomas Lever (Melbourn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing, a needle, a needle cover, a needle cover biasing member, a drive mechanism, and a needle cover extension mechanism. The needle cover is axially movable betw...