ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,104, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Sensor, cartridge and drug delivery device" was invented by Michael Schabbach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Christian Nessel (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Daniel Auernhammer (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Beate Franke (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Francisco Soares (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a sensor for measuring at least one physical or chemical parameter of a cartridge or syringe filled with a liquid substance. In further aspects the disclosure relat...