US Patent Issued to Genzyme on May 12 for "Medicament delivery device" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,022, issued on May 12, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Medicament delivery device" was invented by Alexander Hee-Hanson (Melbourn, Great Britain), Thomas Lever (Melbourn, Great Britain), Michael Parrott (Melbourn, Great Britain), Robert Wilson (Melbourn, Great Britain) and Haiming Wu (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament delivery device for injecting medicament is described. The device has a body having a proximal end and a distal end, a needle for injecting medicament, an actuation member which is movable relative to the body from a first position to a second position for dispensing medicame...