ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,259, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device and method for assembling the same" was invented by Steven Wimpenny (Warwick, Great Britain), David Aubrey Plumptre (Warwick, Great Britain), Robert Veasey (Warwick, Great Britain), Ian McFaul (Warwick, Great Britain), Hugh Smith (Warwick, Great Britain) and Paul Griffin (Warwick, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device can include: a cartridge holder, a cartridge containing a drug, and a fixing member, wherein the cartridge holder includes an interior cartridge holding section,...