US Patent Issued to Ascendis Pharma on Sept. 29 for "Auto injector with cartridge locking system" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,335, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ascendis Pharma A/S (Hellerup, Denmark).

"Auto injector with cartridge locking system" was invented by Thorben Kvisgaard Jacobsen (Graested, Denmark) and Jan Olesen (Holstebro, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising an auto injector and a cartridge assembly comprising at least one cartridge retention member. The auto injector includes a housing; a cartridge receiver with a cartridge receiver compartment configured to receive a cartridge or a cartridge assembly including at least one cartridge retention member, when inserted through a cartridge receiver opening along a long...