ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,400, issued on Dec. 16.
"Device and method for closing syringe bodies" was invented by Stefan Brugger (Burgrieden/Rot, Germany) and Margit Klotz (Laupheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device (10) for manually inserting a plunger-type stopper made of elastomer forming part of a plunger into a syringe cylinder, including a receptacle (18) adapted to hold the syringe cylinder; a tubular barrel (30) adapted to receive the plunger-type stopper in its interior; a holding device (28) adapted to hold the barrel (30) relative to the receptacle (18); and a displacement device (40, 42, 44, 46, 48) adapted to displace the plunger-type...