ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,960, issued on June 16.

"Safety cover for coupling with an injection device" was invented by Stephan Fischer (Hiddenhausen, Germany), Tobias Wilke (Ibbenbueren, Germany) and Bernd Mohr (Barnstedt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety cover for coupling with an injection device, the safety cover including a base; a cover including an outer housing and an inner housing; and a hinge, wherein the base includes a needle mount which is configured for directed receiving of an injection needle along a receiving axis of the needle mount, wherein the outer housing is coupled with the inner housing in a coaxial arrangement relative t...