ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,944, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SENSILE MEDICAL AG (Olten, Switzerland).
"Drug delivery device" was invented by Fabian Burli (Stusslingen, Switzerland) and Pascal Lagorgette (Bienne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device (1), including a delivery unit (3) comprising a subcutaneous delivery system including a needle support (10), an injection needle (9) mounted on the needle support, and an injection needle actuation mechanism configured to engage and slidably move the needle support from a retracted position where the injection needle is within a housing (2) of the drug delivery device to an extend...