ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,668, issued on May 6, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Cap assembly for a medicament delivery device" was invented by Antonio Bendek (Wellington, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device that has a cap body arranged to be connected to a medicament delivery device for protecting and for removing a medicament delivery member shield. The cap body has an inner cap structure defining a channel extending along the central axis of the cap body, and a gripping member configured to be received in the channel with a friction fit and to receive a medicament...