ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,310, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to INSULET Corp. (Acton, Mass.).

"Wearable drug delivery device with removal element" was invented by David Nazzaro (Groveland, Mass.), Ian Mclaughlin (Groton, Mass.), Steven Cardinali (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Alexander Doudoumopoulos (Boxborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved wearable drug delivery device and method for removal are provided. In some embodiments, a device may include a device body coupled to an adhesive layer, and a removal element coupled to the adhesive layer. The removal element may include an end section proximate a perimeter of the adhesive layer and a central ...