ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,360, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DEKA PRODUCTS LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Infusion pump assembly" was invented by Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.), Larry Brian Gray (Merrimack, N.H.), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.), John Matthew Kerwin (Manchester, N.H.) and Stephen Lewis Fichera (Salem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, and an external infusion set configured to deliver the infusible fluid to a user. A fluid delivery system is configured to deliver the infusible fluid from the reservoir to the external infusion set. The fluid delivery system...