ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,627, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).
"Auto-injector" was invented by David Fabien (Corseul, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autoinjector having a reservoir (110); a piston (111); a needle (112); a driver module having a body (201); a piston rod (210) movable between rest position and injection positions; an injection spring (220); and a lock that blocks the piston rod in its rest position. The lock ha a thread (230) connected to the piston rod and to a toothed winder wheel (240), a locking member (260) co-operating with a tooth (241) of the toothed winder wheel, the locking member (...