ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,158, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).
"Apparatus for removing and retaining a needle shield" was invented by Uwe Dasbach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Thomas Mark Kemp (Melbourn Herts, Great Britain), Louise Hodgson (Melbourn Herts, Great Britain), Frederick Harrison (Melbourn Herts, Great Britain) and George Edward Sykes (Melbourn Herts, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is arranged to receive and retain a needle shield for a medicament delivery device, the apparatus comprising a body comprising a wall defining a void and an opening in a proximal end of the body, the opening arranged to allo...