ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,304, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Modular system for a drug delivery device with electronic and corresponding modules and method" was invented by David Aubrey Plumptre (Warwick, Great Britain), Oliver Charles Gazeley (Warwick, Great Britain), Robert Veasey (Warwick, Great Britain), Michael Jugl (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Stefan Blancke (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a modular system for a drug delivery device with electronic, comprising a mechanical module that comprises a distal end and a proximal end, and a mechanism that is configured to set and/or to deliver ...