US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS on Feb. 10 for "Infusion device and method for drug delivery" (Delaware, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,538, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia) and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington).

"Infusion device and method for drug delivery" was invented by Flavia Vitale (Wilmington, Del.), Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre (Wynnewood, Pa.) and Timothy H. Lucas (Wynnewood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device (10) and method for infusing a drug or like substance in vivo within tissue of an organ of a patient are provided. The device (10) includes an outer cannula (12) ...