US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC MINIMED on Nov. 25 for "Infusion device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,733, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Infusion device" 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 infusion device configured to implant a cannula and a sensor in a user. The infusion device includes a first unit defining a first housing and a second unit defining a second housing. The second housing is configured to engage the first housing. The infusion device includes a first insertion needle configured to implant the cannula in the user and a second insertion needle configured to implant the sensor...