ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,402, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SANOFI (Paris).
"Medicament injection device" was invented by Marc Schader (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Michael Helmer (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Peter Nober (Rommersheim, Germany) and Michael Varga (Donzdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament injection device comprising a main body arranged to receive a medicament cartridge; a needle carrier carrying a needle, wherein the needle carrier is axially movable with respect to the main body; and a rotatable cap at a distal end of the device, wherein the cap is removably coupled to the needle carrier, a releasable arrangement be...