US Patent Issued to DEKA Products on Feb. 25 for "Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,236, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices" was invented by Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.), Larry B. Gray (Merrimack, N.H.), Russell H. Beavis (Merrimack, N.H.), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.) and Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive mater...