ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,932, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Berkeley Heights, N.J.).

"Succinylcholine chloride prefilled syringe" was invented by Keith Jarmusik (Bedford, Ohio) and Ragheb M. AbuRmaileh (Bedford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prefilled syringes containing a succinylcholine chloride composition, where the prefilled syringes comprise a syringe barrel and a syringe tip comprising cyclic olefin monopolymer ("COP") or cyclic olefin copolymer ("COC"). The syringes can also comprise a luer adapter integral with the syringe tip, where the syringe barrel, syringe tip and luer adapter are a single element compr...