US Patent Issued to Ypsomed on June 30 for "Needle insertion mechanism for an injection device with an improved impact resistance" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,659, issued on June 30, was assigned to Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

"Needle insertion mechanism for an injection device with an improved impact resistance" was invented by Christian Schrul (Burgdorf, Switzerland), Stefan Burren (Schwarzenburg, Switzerland), Mario Bernhard (Burgdorf, Switzerland), Andres Mellenberger (Koppigen, Switzerland), Markus Tschirren (Burgdorf, Switzerland), Michael Dobler (Balsthal, Switzerland), Marc Fiechter (Konolfingen, Switzerland) and Susanne Schenker (Aarwangen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Needle insertion mechanisms include a housing and a needle holder, the needle holder being ...