ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,962, issued on June 16, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Shroud lock" was invented by Carsten Mosebach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Thomas Mark Kemp (Ashwell, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shroud lock for locking a position of a needle shroud relative to a housing of an autoinjector, includes a shroud beam arranged on the needle shroud and biased radially outwards, a stop arranged within the housing, a recess arranged proximal of the stop, and a cap coupled to the housing and adapted to prevent distal translation of the needle shroud relative to the housing. At least ...