ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,899, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery" was invented by Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.), Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.), Bright C. K. Foo (Hollis, N.H.), Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, N.H.) and Lisa A. Gustin (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filling aid. The filling aid includes a needle housing portion including at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, and a filling needle cradle including a filling needle, the filling needle cradle slidable connected to the needle housing portion and having a starting posit...