ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,035, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to POONGLIM PHARMATECH INC. (Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea).

"Drug injection control device for temporarily maintaining twist of torsion spring to which rotational force is applied through dose dial" was invented by Hee Min Cho (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Jong Deok Yun (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Jae Cheon Kim (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Ki Yoon Kang (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Hyeong Chan Son (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea) and Seon Hye Yoon (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug injection control device includes a housing, a dose dial, a cartridge holder fixedly coupled t...