ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,167, issued on March 11, was assigned to Owen Mumford Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Auto-injector" was invented by Paul McPherson (Woodstock, Great Britain) and Robert Bruns (Woodstock, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-injector for receiving and operating a syringe. The auto-injector includes a housing for receiving the syringe, the housing comprising a main body and a hinged door operable into an open position and a closed position. The syringe is receivable within the housing when the hinged door is in the open position. At least one charging link is connected between the main body and the hinged door, wh...