ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,268, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DEKA PRODUCTS LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Infusion pump assembly" was invented by Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, N.H.), Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, N.H.) and Patrick Poisson (Silver Spring, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable housing assembly. The disposable housing assembly includes a reservoir cavity, a needle located within the reservoir cavity, a fluid path fluidly connected to the needle, and a cover, wherein the cover is in a first position, the reservoir cavity and needle are exposed and when the cover is in a second position, the reservoir and needle are not exposed."
The patent ...