ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,186, issued on April 21, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices" was invented by Samuel M. Curry (Oakland, Calif.), Manuel L. Donnay (San Francisco), Tuan Nguyen (Dublin, Calif.), Louis G. Pace (San Carlos, Calif.), Peter G. Robinson (Alamo, Calif.) and Phillip Yee (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices."

The patent was filed on Nov. 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/937,562.

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