US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 2 for "Actuator assembly for drug delivery system" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,911, issued on June 2, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Actuator assembly for drug delivery system" was invented by Oliver Charles Gazeley (Leamington Spa, Great Britain), Gareth James Lewis (High Wycombe, Great Britain), David Aubrey Plumptre (Droitwich, Great Britain) and Malcolm Stanley Boyd (Wellesbourne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle actuator assembly for a drug delivery system includes a housing, a needle having retracted and extended positions, a needle actuator body received within the housing and configured to move from a pre-use position where the needle is in the retr...