US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on June 17 for "Devices, systems and methods for on-skin or on-body mounting of medical devices" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,522, issued on June 17, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Devices, systems and methods for on-skin or on-body mounting of medical devices" was invented by Gary Ashley Stafford (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, methods and kits for releasably mounting a medical device on the body or skin of a user are provided. Embodiments include a holder or mounting unit or structure that retains a medical device in a fixed position on a body part of a user or host, such as on the surface of the skin, and/or provides physical and/or electrical coupling to one or more additional components w...