ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,031, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DEKA PRODUCTS LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Wearable pump assembly" was invented by Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.), Larry B. Gray (Merrimack, N.H.), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.), John Matthew Kerwin (Manchester, N.H.) and Stephen Lewis Fichera (Salem, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reusable housing assembly, and a disposable housing assembly including a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid. A releasable engagement assembly is configured to allow the reusable housing assembly to releasably engage the disposable housing assembly. A detachable ...