ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,308, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Method for fluid delivery" was invented by Gregory R. Lanier Jr. (Merrimack, N.H.), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.), Stephen L. Fichera (Salem, N.H.), Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.) and Larry B. Gray (Merrimack, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for filling a reservoir a filling assembly having a needle, and a fluid. The reservoir is in a disposable housing assembly with a septum fluidly connected to the reservoir, a septum access assembly having a first position covering the septum and a second position providing access to the septum, and a bias ...