ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,003, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Auto-injector" was invented by Simon Francis Brereton (Cambridge, Great Britain), Thomas Kemp (Ashwell, Great Britain), Rosie Burnell (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Matthew Ekman (Cheshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-injector includes a housing, a sleeve, a plunger rod, and a drive spring. The sleeve is sized to receive at least a distal portion of a syringe. The syringe is substantially symmetric about at least two planes that are perpendicular to one another. The plunger rod has an axially-extending portion...