ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,324, issued on April 1, was assigned to Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. (San Diego).

"Vial supporter for medicament pump" was invented by Ryan William Betts (San Diego), Maxwell Aaron Hume (San Diego), Philip Sven Lamb (San Diego), Michael Michaud (San Diego), John Charles Nadworny (Poway, Calif.), William T. Trevaskis (San Marcos, Calif.) and Steven Thuan Truong (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for filling a medicament cartridge of a pump, including a user-wearable, ambulatory infusion pump. A device for supporting a medicament cartridge can comprise a body portion resembling a tray, with recesses disposed the...