ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,814, issued on March 4, was assigned to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Syringe screening device" was invented by Chase Fetzer (Lexington, Mass.) and Evi Shiakolas (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a device for screening pre-filled syringes configured to determine whether a stopper position within each syringe falls within an acceptable tolerance prior to final assembly of a syringe into a corresponding autoinjector device, thereby ensuring proper fit of the syringe within the autoinjector device and further ensuring accurate delivery of a desired dose of fluid from...