ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,532, issued on March 18, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Medical pump" was invented by Michael J. Baier (Dunbarton, N.H.), David Blumberg Jr. (Deerfield, N.H.), Hugh J. Boddington (Concord, N.H.), Thomas A. Friedrich (Loudon, N.H.), Paul G. Girouard (Allenstown, N.H.), Larry B. Gray (Merrimack, N.H.) and David C. Nivens (Hollis, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump for treating a patient is disclosed that includes a spring-biased plunger biased toward actuation against a tube; a cam shaft configured to actuate the spring-based plunger; a lever actuatable between a closed position and an open position; a s...