US Patent Issued to INSULET on Sept. 15 for "Drug delivery device drive sensor" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,289, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to INSULET Corp. (Acton, Mass.).

"Drug delivery device drive sensor" was invented by Kyle Breingan (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are techniques for managing the application of a force by a drive mechanism in a drug delivery device as well as devices for implementing the disclosed techniques. One or more driving arms may be operable to drive a respective ratchet wheel and one or more sensor contacts may be positioned to determine when a respective driving arm is to be controlled to no longer drive the respective ratchet wheel thereby saving electrical power. The disclose...