ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,697, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Medicament delivery device" was invented by Alexander Hee-Hanson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Thomas Lever (Melbourn, Great Britain), Michael Parrott (Melbourn, Great Britain), Robert Wilson (Melbourn, Great Britain) and Haiming Wu (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament delivery device is described. The medicament delivery device includes a proximal end and a distal end defining a longitudinal axis; a body; and a button arranged at the proximal end and configured to actuate the medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device fur...