ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,385, issued on May 6, was assigned to Konamite Ltd. (Dublin).
"Method and apparatus for insertion of a sensor" was invented by Mark Neinast (Gastonia, N.C.), Robert Bruce (Portland, Ore.), W. Kenneth Ward (Portland, Ore.), Richard G. Sass (Portland, Ore.) and Jon Fortuna (Mechanicsburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with...