ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,997, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Methods and systems for controlling an infusion pump" was invented by Robert J. Bryant Jr. (Manchester, N.H.), Geoffrey P. Spencer (Manchester, N.H.), Marc A. Mandro (Bow, N.H.) and Patricia M. Armstrong (New Boston, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for pairing a controller and an infusion pump is disclosed. The system includes an infusion pump, a controller device and a user interface residing on both the infusion pump and the controller. The user interface includes a pairing mode for enabling wireless communication between the infusion pump and ...