ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,252, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Drug delivery device with sterile fluid flowpath and related method of assembly" was invented by Yasaman Damestani (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Lawrence S. Ring (Laguna Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drug delivery devices and related methods of assembly are disclosed. The drug delivery device may include a housing and a container disposed therein. The container may include a reservoir containing a drug and a movable stopper. A first seal member may be connected to the container at a distal end of the reservoir. A first removable membrane may cov...