US Patent Issued to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland on July 14 for "Autoinjector" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,569, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Autoinjector" was invented by Carsten Mosebach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Thomas Kemp (Ashwell, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is expos...