ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,273, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Medical devices and methods" was invented by Daniel Milfred Bernstein (El Granada, Calif.), Martin J. Fennell (Concord, Calif.), Christopher Allen Thomas (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Udo Hoss (San Ramon, Calif.), Gary Ashley Stafford (Hayward, Calif.), Phillip Yee (San Francisco), Jean-Pierre Cole (Tracy, Calif.) and Jeffery Mario Sicurello (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a trans...