ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,717, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Titusville, N.J.).
"Cap for an injection device" was invented by James McLusky (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Nick Foley (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Jimmy Mower (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Michael Cannamela (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.), Peter Krulevitch (Pleasanton, Calif.) and James Flint (Hillsborough, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap for an injection device includes a removable needle boot for covering a needle of a syringe within the injection device. The cap comprises a cap body and a first boot engagement portion. The first boot engagement portion is mova...