US Patent Issued to Ypsomed on Sept. 23 for "Needle insertion and retraction mechanism" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,010, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

"Needle insertion and retraction mechanism" was invented by Simon Scheurer (Bern, Switzerland), Christian Schrul (Burgdorf, Switzerland), Stefan Burren (Schwarzenburg, Switzerland), Mario Bernhard (Burgdorf, Switzerland) and Jurg Hirschel (Bern, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle insertion and retraction mechanism for a medication delivery device includes a housing and a needle carrier holding a needle guided by the housing and moved along a needle axis. A first spring member is adapted to move the carrier in an insertion direction. A secon...