ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,620, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MannKind Corp. (Danbury, Conn.).
"Moving basal engine for a fluid delivery device" was invented by Robert R. Gonnelli (Mahwah, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery device comprises a fluid reservoir for containing medicament. The fluid reservoir is sealed proximate one end with a sliding seal piston. A delivery path is configured to fluidly couple the fluid reservoir and a patient wearing the fluid delivery device. A basal engine mechanism is configured to directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir at a controlled basal rate. A bolus mechanism con...