US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC MINIMED on April 14 for "Disposable medical device introduction system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,404, issued on April 14, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Disposable medical device introduction system" was invented by Ellis Garai (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable medical introduction system including a medical device and a disposable inserter. The disposable inserter includes a carrier to receive the medical device. The carrier includes at least one annular projection. The disposable inserter includes a retractor received within the at least one annular projection and movable relative to the at least one annular projection. The retractor has at least one retaining a...