ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,856, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).
"Medical pump" was invented by Rene Richter (Tharandt, Germany), Sebastian Pech (Dresden, Germany) and Jens Lienig (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a medical pump for dispensing a liquid. The medical pump includes a housing, a receptacle and a piston. The housing includes an inlet for receiving said liquid and an outlet for dispensing said liquid. The receptacle includes a chamber and a passage that is in fluid communication with the chamber. The receptacle is received in the housing and is axially movable relative to the housing from a fi...