ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,311, issued on March 18.
"Infusion of drugs" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body. The system is provided with at least one infusion needle disposed at least partly within at least one housing with a tip end of the at least one infusion needle arranged for penetrating the at least one housing's outer wall, and at least one drive unit adapted for implantation inside the patient's body, the at least one drive unit being coupled to the at least one infusion needle and arra...