ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,804, issued on July 15, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.) and Applied Materials INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Medical agent dispensing systems, methods, and apparatuses" was invented by Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.), Eitan C. Zeira (Hollis, N.H.), Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.), Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, N.H.), Michel A. Rosa (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jack Macleod (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical agent delivery device may comprise a laminate of a number of layers coupled together. The medical agent delivery device may further comprise a collapsible reservoir within the laminate. The medica...