ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,422, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).
"Device for administering a medicinal liquid by injection" was invented by Michael Schabbach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Anna Baccaro (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for administering a medicinal liquid by injection is provided. The device comprises a dose assembly comprising collapsible reservoir. The device further includes at least one actuator element onto which the user may apply a force to actuate the device, the force having a component along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis; and a housing comprising a septum. The at ...