ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,618, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TecMed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

"Wearable drug delivery device" was invented by Ursina Streit (Kirchberg, Switzerland), Roland Margot (Worb, Switzerland), Jan Baumert (Grunen, Switzerland), Simon Bosshard (Bern, Switzerland), Michael Hanimann (Bern, Switzerland) and Fabian Steiner (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device for conducting a medical therapy includes a housing with an exit port opening, and an exit port assembly, where said exit port assembly includes a rigid exit port sealing holder and a soft exit port sealing, and provides both a fluid-tight...