ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,726, issued on May 12, was assigned to Calyan Technologies Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Surgical instrument for a subcutaneous device" was invented by Yatheendhar D. Manicka (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for subcutaneously injecting and anchoring a subcutaneous device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue of a patient, the subcutaneous device including a housing and a clip configured to anchor the subcutaneous device to the muscle, the bone, and/or the first tissue, includes a first surgical instrument and an insertion device. The first surgical instrument includes a first handle and a first dilation port...