ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,206, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Owen Mumford Ltd. (Woodstock, Great Britain).

"Auto-injector" was invented by Robert Williams Bruns (Woodstock, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-injector for receiving and operating a syringe, the auto-injector comprising a housing for receiving the syringe. The housing comprises a main body and a door operable into a first position and a second position, wherein the syringe is receivable within the housing when the door is in the first position. The door is configured to couple to: (i) a first plunger driver for priming thereof on a first movement of the door; and (ii) a se...