ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,757, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Medicament container carrier and adapter" was invented by Derek Fenlon (Wexford, Ireland), Pascal Launois (Dublin), Julian McDonnell (County Wicklow, Ireland), Martina Moyne (County Donegal, Ireland) and Conor Mulcahy (County Dublin, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a medicament container carrier adapted to hold a first medicament container having a first predetermined size and capable of containing more than a first volume of a medicament. The container carrier comprises a body, and an adapter coupled to the body...