US Patent Issued to Genzyme on Oct. 7 for "Medicament delivery device" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,012, issued on Oct. 7, 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 (Weston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament delivery device is described. The device includes a body comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a needle for injecting medicament; an actuation member moveable relative to the body for actuating the device; a lock ring configured to rotate relative to the body between a fir...