ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,899, issued on June 10, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Infusion set and inserter assembly systems and methods" was invented by Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inserter assembly comprising a first unit including a skin contacting face which surrounds an opening and a second unit housed within the first unit. The second unit comprises an infusion set base disposed within the opening and having a bottom face which is substantially level with the skin contacting face and covered at least partially with adhesive and further comprising a spring biased insertion assembly. The second...