ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,033, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH (Bad Homburg, Germany).

"Wearable injector with sterility sensors" was invented by Sharon D. West (Elkins Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-body drug delivery device having a housing and a cartridge removably attachable to the housing. The cartridge comprises: a drug chamber, a piston received in the drug chamber movable from a first, initial position to a second position, an actuation device for moving the piston from the first position to the second position, and at least one breakable sterility sensor circuit formed by attachment of the cartridg...