ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,282, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Auto-injector" was invented by Simon Francis Brereton (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Thomas Kemp (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Rosie Burnell (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Matthew Ekman (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate tubular case and a carrier subassembly including a tubular carrier slidably arranged inside the case. The carrier is adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring, and a plunge...