ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,602, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).
"Apparatus for removing a needle shield" was invented by Uwe Dasbach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Thomas Mark Kemp (Herts, Great Britain), William Timmis (Herts, Great Britain) and Sarah Bielby (Herts, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure refers to an apparatus, including a needle unit including a needle arranged along a first axis, a needle shield which covers the needle, a main part, a connector for connecting the needle shield to the main part by a positive connection or an adhesive bond, such that the needle shield is removed when the main part is mov...