US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson France on July 28 for "Auto-injector with needle cover" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,228, issued on July 28, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont de Claix, France).

"Auto-injector with needle cover" 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 includes a housing, a syringe assembly comprising a barrel, a stopper, and a cannula, with at least a portion of the syringe assembly positioned within the housing, a drive assembly configured to move the stopper within the barrel upon actuation of the drive assembly, with at least a portion of the drive assembly positioned within the housing, a lever actuati...