ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,970, issued on July 28.

"Infusion of drugs" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body. The implantable system is provided with at least one infusion needle disposed at least partly within at least one housing with a tip end of the at least one infusion needle arranged for penetrating the at least one housing's outer wall. The at least one housing is adapted for implantation inside a patient's body. Further, there is a at least one drive unit adapted for implantation inside the...