US Patent Issued to Eli Lilly and Co. on June 16 for "Medication delivery device with needle carrier" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,954, issued on June 16, was assigned to Eli Lilly and Co. (Indianapolis).

"Medication delivery device with needle carrier" was invented by Jared Alden Judson (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drug delivery devices are provided having a needle assembly portion and a drug device portion, where the needle assembly portion is removably coupleable to the drug device portion. In some embodiments, the needle of the needle assembly may be moveable from a retracted position to an extended position for piercing into a subjects skin. In some embodiments, the needle may also be moveable back to a retracted position."

The patent was...