ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,027, issued on June 9, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery" was invented by Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, N.H.), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.) and Cory L. Adams (Pembroke, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filling aid device for filling a reservoir. The device includes a cover portion comprising a septum window; a slider beam comprising a septum cover; and a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position, wherein when the filling aid device is in an unlocked...