US Patent Issued to Ypsomed on Oct. 20 for "Needle insertion mechanism for an injection or infusion device" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,250, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

"Needle insertion mechanism for an injection or infusion device" was invented by Markus Tschirren (Burgdorf, Switzerland), Michael Dobler (Balsthal, Switzerland) and Andres Mellenberger (Koppigen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Needle insertion mechanisms for an injection device include a housing, a needle holder holding a needle, a slider moveable from a first position retaining the needle holder in a retracted position towards a second position allowing movement of the needle holder to an inserted position. An intermediate member positioned betw...