ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,030, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TANDEM DIABETES CARE INC. (San Diego).
"Insulin patch pump" was invented by Steven B. Cook (Oceanside, Calif.), Michael Michaud (San Diego) and Philip Lamb (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 pump and an attachment portion that attaches the pump to a user's body. The pump can include a drive unit and a disposable cartridge containing a medicament with the drive unit configured to cause the pump to deliver the medicament in the cartridge to the user. The attachment portion can include a retention ...