ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,827, issued on July 21, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Autoinjector sub-assembly" was invented by Thad Miley (Boca Raton, Fla.), Brian Maxfield (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Randall Goldfarb (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure concerns an autoinjector sub-assembly having a cap with a tubular housing extending from a proximal closed end to a distal open end and an arm attached to the tubular housing, wherein the arm extends in the axial direction from the distal open end, a syringe holder having a tubular body with a tubular flange attached to the proximal end of the tubular body, th...