Patents
US 8870827 B2: Automatic injector
- Granted
- 2014-10-28
- Filed
- 2010-08-17 application 12857641
- Type
- Utility · 25 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg141028.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. 17 patents | US company or organization | Columbia, MD | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Young | Gainsborough, GB | 29 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sophie Rebecca Raven | Northstowe, GB | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher John Hurlstone | Saffron Walden, GB | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Craig Malcolm Rochford | Andover, GB | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Colin James Mathews | Godmanchester, GB | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Robert L. Hill | Edgewood, MD | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John G. Wilmot | Mount Airy, MD | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61M | Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body ; devices for transducing body media or for taking media from the body ; devices for producing or ending sleep or stupor | A61M5/3271 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | KINDEVA DRUG DELIVERY L.P. signed 2025-08-27 SUMMIT BIOSCIENCES INC. signed 2025-08-27 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. CHICAGO, IL | 72682/698 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-12-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2020-11-22 | MYLAN SPECIALTY L.P. CANONSBURG, PA | 54639/760 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2010-08-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DAINTREY, JOSEPH W. signed 2007-10-11 HURLSTONE, CHRISTOPHER J. signed 2007-10-11 MATHEWS, COLIN J. signed 2007-10-11 MURPHY, MARTIN J. signed 2007-10-11 RAVEN, SOPHIE R. signed 2007-10-11 YOUNG, MATTHEW E. signed 2007-10-11 KIRKWOOD, STEPHEN P. signed 2007-10-13 ROCHFORD, CRAIG M. signed 2007-10-19 HILL, ROBERT L. signed 2008-06-09 WILMOT, JOHN G. signed 2008-06-09 | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. COLUMBIA, MD | 24844/961 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.