ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,667, issued on June 30, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Integrated insulin delivery system having safety features to prevent hypoglycemia" was invented by Erwin S. Budiman (Fremont, Calif.), Gary A. Hayter (Oakland, Calif.), Nathan C. Crouther (San Francisco), Marc B. Taub (Danville, Calif.), Wesley Scott Harper (Alameda, Calif.) and Charles Wei (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems comprising: an analyte sensor for providing an analyte signal representative of an analyte level; a controller in data communication with the analyte sensor and programmed to provide a recommended medication...