ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,711, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to PharmaJet Inc. (Golden, Colo.).
"Needle-free injector" was invented by Chris Cappello (Golden, Colo.), Matt Wixey (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and John W. Bingham (Elizabeth, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle-free injection device including an outer housing, and an inner housing. The inner housing is moveable within the outer housing between a syringe loading position and a firing position. The needle-free injection device also includes a syringe mount to receive a needle-free syringe at one end of the inner housing. The syringe mount includes an interlocking structure cooperati...