ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,597, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Syringe carrier for an autoinjector and method of assembling" was invented by Thomas Mark Kemp (Ashwell, Great Britain), William Timmis (Herts, Great Britain) and Louise Hodgson (Herts Hertforsdh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe carrier includes a housing adapted to receive a syringe having a needle encapsulated by a removable protective needle sheath, and two or more flexible arms protruding inwards in a relaxed state and adapted to couple with the syringe in a mounted position. The flexible arms are adapted to...