ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,141, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INSULET Corp. (Acton, Mass.).
"Low force valves for drug delivery pumps" was invented by Ian Mclaughlin (Groton, Mass.) and Daniel Allis (Boxford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are examples of valve systems and methods of operating the respective valve systems. An example valve system may include a valve body, an inlet component, an outlet component and a valve tube. The valve body may include a first void and a second void. The inlet component may be coupled to the first void and the outlet component may be coupled to the second void. The valve tube may include a side port a...