ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,298, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to PHC HOLDINGS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Drug cartridge, drug injection device, and drug injection system" was invented by Kenji Murakami (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug cartridge includes a pre-filled syringe, a cassette outer sheath, a cap, a needle guard, a sleeve and a cassette spring, wherein when the cap is fitted into the cassette front opening of the cassette outer sheath, the cap is capable of assuming a locked state where the cap cannot be detached from the cassette outer sheath and an unlocked state where the cap can be detached from the cassette outer sheath."

The patent ...