ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,008, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Lock ring for a 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: "The application relates to a lock ring for a medicament delivery device. The lock ring comprises a hollow main body formed from a plurality of circumferentially extending portions. Each portion is defined between tool split lines defining circumferential ends of the portio...