US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Feb. 18 for "Method to detect inadvertent delivery of drug to a subcutaneous pocket" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,609, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Method to detect inadvertent delivery of drug to a subcutaneous pocket" was invented by Jeffrey P. Bodner (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device configured to monitor fluid in proximity to an implantable medical device for an inadvertent introduction of infusate into a pocket of tissue surrounding the implantable medical device during a refill procedure, the implantable medical device including a refillable infusate delivery system, the refillable infusate delivery system including a reservoir in fluid communication with an a...