ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,999, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
"Injection device incorporating a needle shield remover" was invented by Willem Van Der Beek (Virum, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection device (1) comprising a housing (10), a syringe (2) having an injection needle (4) covered by a needle shield (5), and a cap assembly (3) comprising a cap body (15) covering a distal end of the syringe, and a shield remover (9) adapted to engage the needle shield (5), the shield remover (9) being axially fixed relative to the cap body (15). The cap assembly (3) further comprises an elevation member (12) bein...