ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,945, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Devices and methods for a retainer adapter assembly" was invented by Christopher Hunter (Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y.) and Connor Block (Troy, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter assembly that includes a housing, a channel formed within the housing that is configured to receive a medical device, a first groove formed along an interior wall of the channel that is configured to at least partially receive a first retaining element, and a second groove formed along the interior wall of the channel that is configured to at least partially re...