US Patent Issued to Ypsomed on Oct. 21 for "Connection mechanism for an auxiliary module" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,280, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

"Connection mechanism for an auxiliary module" was invented by Leos Urbanek (Bern, Switzerland), Jurg Hirschel (Bern, Switzerland), Marcel Allenspach (Burgdorf, Switzerland) and Gabriel Kalbermatter (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary module for connecting to an injector for dispensing a medical substance comprises a housing having a retaining device, and a receiving unit having a retaining element, wherein the receiving unit is movable relative to the housing. The auxiliary module includes a retaining configuration, in which th...