ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,210, issued on March 17, was assigned to Antares Pharma Inc. (Ewing, N.J.).
"Prefilled syringe injector" was invented by Paul R. Lesch (Lino Lakes, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jet injector that includes a prefilled syringe. The syringe includes a fluid chamber that contains a medicament. The syringe also has an injection-assisting needle, and a plunger is movable within the fluid chamber. A housing is configured for allowing insertion of the needle to a penetration depth. An energy source is configured for biasing the plunger to produce an injecting pressure in the medicament in the fluid chamber of between about 80 and 1...