US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC MINIMED on July 7 for "Insertion device with linkage assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,155, issued on July 7, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Insertion device with linkage assembly" was invented by Jacob E. Pananen (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Ellis Garai (Woodland Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion device configured to implant a first medical device and a second medical device in a user. The first medical device may be a fluid delivery cannula configured to deliver a fluid (e.g., insulin) to the user. The second medical device may be an analyte sensor (e.g., a glucose sensor) configured to detect a physiological characteristic of the user (e.g., a glucose level). The i...