ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,779, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Catheter insertion mechanism for a patch pump" was invented by Russell Cole (River Vale, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Manual insertion device has retraction spring (202) and hollow septum configuration (224) implemented using barrel-shaped guides (108, 110) and a guiding boss (210) in insertion device housing (106), and provides a fluid path through alignment of septum openings, side-port openings and catheter openings upon complete catheter insertion. Button (200) causes manual insertion of introducer needle (204) and catheter (220) of a f...