US Patent Issued to INSULET on June 16 for "Liquid detection sensor" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,151, issued on June 16, was assigned to INSULET Corp. (Acton, Mass.).

"Liquid detection sensor" was invented by David Seward (Seattle), Ehsan Hajisaeid (Windham, N.H.), Kyle Breingan (Lowell, Mass.) and Ayden Henson (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a system for determining a liquid level in a drug delivery device is presented. The system includes a first spring and a second spring positioned adjacent the first spring. The system includes a rod configured to compress at least the first spring and contact the second spring. The system includes a sensing element in communication with the first spring and th...