US Patent Issued to Zyno Medical on July 21 for "Field-chargeable transcutaneous drug delivery system" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,813, issued on July 21, was assigned to Zyno Medical LLC (Natick, Mass.).

"Field-chargeable transcutaneous drug delivery system" was invented by Chao Young Lee (Weston, Mass.), Mei Zhang (Sharon, Mass.) and Zhenhua Mao (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic needle insertion device assists patients who may be uncomfortable with placing the needle themselves and employs a soft outer needle inserted using a rigid stylet, for example, a standard hypodermic needle, which is then removed after the soft needle is placed, greatly reducing irritation. An ambulatory pump can be filled with a variety of drugs and different ...