US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 30 for "Automated filling device for wearable infusion pump with air removal and detection capabilities" (Massachusetts, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,663, issued on June 30, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, Conn.).

"Automated filling device for wearable infusion pump with air removal and detection capabilities" was invented by Bo Yang Yu (Winchester, Mass.), Austin Mckinnon (Herriman, Utah), J. Richard Gyory (Sudbury, Mass.), Bart Peterson (Farmington, Utah) and Mark Newby (Kamas, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication filling device and system are provided. The filling device is configured to attach to a medication delivery device and includes a vial attachment component configured to attach to a medication vial. The vial attachment component in...