US Patent Issued to Verily Life Sciences on Nov. 11 for "Pill with needle delivery system having outwardly expanding mechanical actuation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,737, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"Pill with needle delivery system having outwardly expanding mechanical actuation" was invented by Eric Bennett (San Carlos, Calif.), Kimberly Kam (Orinda, Calif.), Martin Sheridan (Redwood City, Calif.), Annapurna Karicherla (Cupertino, Calif.) and Kassidy MacPhail (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device can include a capsule containing an array of microneedles and a mechanical actuator. The device can be in an ingestible form for delivery to a duodenum or other target location within a subject and can release the mechanical actuator from const...