ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,025, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DEXCOM INC. (San Diego).

"Proximity pairing and security of a continuous analyte sensor system" was invented by Jorge R. Barreras (Dania Beach, Fla.) and Reinier Sanchez Bao (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and protocols for facilitating wireless secure communications between a sensor system and one or more other devices are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the techniques and protocols include secure proximity pairing techniques with reduced power. A method for pairing an analyte sensor system and one or more display devices includes broadcasting, from the analyte sensor syst...