ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,134, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Medical delivery device" was invented by Christian Fischlein (Struer, Denmark) and Allan Lester Kierkegaard (Struer, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical delivery device is disclosed having a rod element having a first thread arrangement, a dosage member having a second thread arrangement, a dial unit, and a coupling structure coupling the dial unit to the dosage member. A stem of the rod element extends into a chamber body of the dosage member. In a dosing status, the rod element is movable relative to the dosage member by the first and s...