ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,897, issued on June 10, was assigned to Medtronic MiniMed Inc. (Northridge, Canada).
"Smart connection interface" was invented by Jacob E. Pananen (Santa Monica, Calif.), Afshin Bazargan (Simi Valley, Calif.), Pablo Vazquez (Porter Valley, Calif.) and Edmond W. Yu (Chatsworth, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each p...