ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,780, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Drug delivery device" was invented by Stefan Wendland (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Anke Liewald (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Frank Richter (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Caroline Stephan (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a drug delivery device comprising: a syringe with a body from which a needle extends and an inner sheath; a piston rod comprising a piston and an actuation head, a support sheath for holding the body. It is envisaged that the support sheath and the actuation he...