ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,495, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont de Claix, France).
"Auto-injector with cap" was invented by Nicolas Besson (Treffort, France) and Adrien Plouvier (Saint Martin d'Heres, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device (10) includes a housing (26), a syringe assembly (16) including a barrel (52), a stopper (54), a cannula (56), and a rigid needle shield (58) receiving at least a portion of the cannula, with at least a portion of the syringe assembly positioned within the housing, a drive assembly (40), with at least a portion of the drive assembly positioned within the housing, a ca...