ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,211, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ypsomed AG (Burgdorf, Switzerland).

"Mechanical controlling structure for a drug delivery device" was invented by Simon Martin Bosshard (Hindelbank, Switzerland), Simon Scheurer (Bern, Switzerland), Christian Schrul (Oberburg, Switzerland) and Martin Bruegger (Bolligen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device for dispensing a drug from a reservoir includes a drive unit including an electronic control circuit and a coupling portion, and a reservoir unit including the reservoir with the drug and attachable to the coupling portion. The drive unit includes a plurality of s...