ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,620, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Safety device for a medicament container" was invented by David Darras (Paris), Fabien Canepa (Paris), Bruno Serre (Paris) and Jacky Mazzolini (Oyonnax, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device for a medicament container includes a first sheath having a first ledge and a second ledge, a second sheath telescopically arranged with the first sheath and releasably coupled to the first ledge, and a finger flange having at least one resilient clip adapted to engage the second ledge first sheath."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/710,241....