ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,104, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Medtronic MiniMed Inc. (Northridge, Canada).
"Subcutaneous device with leak prevention" was invented by Ellis Garai (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Ashwin K. Rao (West Hills, Calif.) and Lawrence S. Ring (Simi Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a base having a needle channel and a first surface configured to be secured to a patient's skin. An insertable member is configured to be secured to the base with a length portion of the insertable member extending out of the needle channel at the first surface, for insertion through the patient's skin at an insertion site....