ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,030, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to OWEN MUMFORD Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Pen needle" was invented by Robert Bruns (Woodstock, Great Britain) and Myles Whiting (Woodstock, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pen needle and a method of using the pen needle. The pen needle includes a housing, a needle carrier in the housing supporting a needle, a distal shroud positioned around the needle within the housing, a distal compression spring positioned around the needle between the needle carrier and the distal shroud, a proximal shroud positioned around the needle within the housing, and a proximal compression sp...