ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,490, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SANOFI (Paris).

"Apparatus for detecting a manipulation of an injection device" was invented by Stefan Bohling (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Michael Jugl (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Stephan Mueller-Pathle (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus configured to be arranged within a housing of an injection device and for detecting a manipulation of the injection device comprises a cam part that is configured to be rotatable relative to a follower part; a resilient member arranged to urge the cam part and the follower part towards abutment with each other wherein...