ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,484, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Autoinjector" was invented by Charley Henderson (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain), David Cross (Hertfordshire, Great Britain), Douglas Ivan Jennings (Hertfordshire, Great Britain) and Ryan Anthony McGinley (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autoinjector includes a case, a door hingedly coupled to the case and having an open position and a closed position, a plunger slidably disposed in the case, and at least one drive spring applying a biasing force on the plunger relative to the case, wherein the door is...