US Patent Issued to Genzyme on Sept. 30 for "Needle shroud latch for injection devices" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,266, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Needle shroud latch for injection devices" was invented by Alexander Hee-Hanson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Thomas Lever (Melbourn, Great Britain), Michael Parrott (Melbourn, Great Britain) and Robert Wilson (Melbourn, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection device comprises: an injection device body; a needle shroud comprising a shroud pin; and a collar rotatable with respect to the injection device body and comprising a cam track. During retraction of the needle shroud, a first portion of the cam track guides the shroud pin to a hold posit...