ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,496, issued on July 1, was assigned to Tandem Diabetes Care INC (San Diego).
"Patch pump cartridge attachment" was invented by Michael Michaud (San Diego), Philip Lamb (San Diego) and Michael Fitzgibbons (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user-wearable patch pump system for delivery of insulin or other medicament can include a patch pump having a reusable drive unit and a replaceable and refillable cartridge. The cartridge can selectively attach to and be detached from the drive unit. The cartridge can initially be inserted onto the drive unit in a first orientation at an angle to the drive unit and then be rotated to align t...