ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,503, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
"Auto-injector" was invented by Thomas Mark Kemp (Ashwell, Great Britain), Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams (St. Albans Herts, Great Britain) and Matthew Ekman (Cheshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-injector comprising an elongate housing containing a syringe. The housing having an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring pushing the needle from a covered position into an advanced position, operating the syringe and covering...