US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on March 17 for "Medical device inserters and processes of inserting and using medical devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,856, issued on March 17, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

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

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. Embodiments include removing a substantially cylindrical cap from an inserter to expose a substantially cylindrical sleeve, removing a cover from a substan...