US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on May 12 for "Pressure management method for a drug delivery device" (French, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,016, issued on May 12, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Pressure management method for a drug delivery device" was invented by Jean-Marc Volle (Coublevie, France), Steve Beguin (Rathdrum, Ireland), Simon O'Reilly (Dublin), Raphael Marcelpoil (Saint Pierre de Chartreuse, France) and Cedrick Orny (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of pressure management for a drug delivery device including a pump, a fluid line, and a power source, includes: delivering fluid through the fluid line via the pump; determining a parameter indicative of pressure within the fluid line; determining whether...