ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,302, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to DELPHARMA LLC (Staten Island, N.Y.).

"Excess dose alert system for a dosing pen" was invented by Sandhya Nadadur (Staten Island, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dosing pen includes a barrel housing a reservoir of fluid and coupled to a piston plunger longitudinally movable within the reservoir. A needle assembly fits to a distal end of the barrel providing a channel for the fluid to exit an orifice of a needle in the assembly. A dosage knob calibrates a volume of the fluid to be forced through the needle upon the actuation of the plunger. As well, an injection button, upon depression, m...