ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,231, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).
"Cap" was invented by Robin Einwachter (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap for an injection device includes an outer member and an inner member slidably received within the outer member and moveable between a first position and a second position; cooperating locking portions on the inner and outer members configured to secure the inner member relative to the outer member once moved into the second position; a clamping element extending inwardly from an arm of the inner member or a contact surface of the outer member; wherein, the cap is configured such...