ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,043, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Janssen Biotech Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Palm activated drug delivery device" was invented by Lorin Olson (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Vaclav Vojan (Pizen, Czech Republic), Juergen E. Pfrang (Kallmuenz, Germany), Peter Krulevitch (Pleasanton, Calif.), Jingli Wang (San Jose, Calif.), Nicholas Foley (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Mingqi Zhao (San Jose, Calif.) and Paul Tashjian (Phoenixville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device configured to administer a medication can comprise a lower housing that includes a housing latch. The device can further comprise a needle guard that is movable relative t...