US Patent Issued to Genzyme on Sept. 23 for "Damping device for a medicament delivery device" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,017, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Damping device 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: "A damping device for a medicament delivery device, comprising: a generally cylindrical first collar; a housing comprising a generally annular cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the first collar; wherein the first collar is configured to be rotatabl...