ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,264, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Drug delivery device with plunger rod having nonuniform stopper interface" was invented by Klaus Bendix (Smoerum, Denmark), Daniel Patrick Godskesen True (Hellerup, Denmark) and Dan Noertoft Soerensen (Alleroed, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a drug delivery device (1) comprising: a drug reservoir (20) comprising a reservoir body (21) extending along a reference axis and an elastomeric stopper (30) arranged in the reservoir body (21), the elastomeric stopper (30) comprising a stopper body (31) extending between a f...