ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,721, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).
"Cartridge fixation for a drug delivery device" was invented by Jurg Hirschel (Bern, Switzerland), Marcel Allenspach (Burgdorf, Switzerland), Manuel Mosimann (Burgdorf, Switzerland) and Gabriel Kalbermatter (Burgdorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for a drug delivery device for administrating a liquid drug from a cartridge includes a recess for accommodating a proximal portion of the cartridge and a deformable member arranged inside the recess. The deformable member includes a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end mova...