ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,285, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Autoinjector" was invented by Thomas Kemp (Ashwell, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autoinjector includes a case, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, a carrier slidably arranged in the case, a collar rotatably and slidably disposed in the case and coupled to the needle shroud and the carrier, and a trigger button operably coupled to the carrier. The case includes a rib. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a locked second extended position. The carr...