US Patent Issued to Danby Medical on May 6 for "Infusion pump" (British, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,661, issued on May 6, was assigned to Danby Medical Ltd. (London).

"Infusion pump" was invented by Graham Lacy (London), John Danby (Wakes Colne, Great Britain), Stefan Taal (London), Hugo Revellat (London), Vasilios Kanellopoulos (Geneva), Karsten Fischer (London) and Thomas Lacy (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infusion pump for administering controlled doses of fluid comprises a pump body 2 and cap 3 attachable to the pump body 2 to retain a medicament fluid receptacle 4 in the pump body 2. The fluid receptacle 4 is connected to a tube 12 for dispensing the fluid. The tube 12 is directed through a normally closed valve wi...