US Patent Issued to Insulet on June 17 for "Fluid delivery device, transcutaneous access tool and fluid drive mechanism for use therewith" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,928, issued on June 17, was assigned to Insulet Corp. (Acton, Mass.).

"Fluid delivery device, transcutaneous access tool and fluid drive mechanism for use therewith" was invented by Steven Diianni (Danvers, Mass.), Ian McLaughlin (Groton, Mass.), Jason O'Connor (Acton, Mass.), Robert Campbell (Waltham, Mass.) and Kevin Schmid (Boxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery device comprising a fluid reservoir; a transcutaneous access tool fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir; and a drive mechanism for driving fluid from the reservoir, the drive mechanism comprising a plunger received in the reservoir; a leadscrew ext...