ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,741, issued on June 16, was assigned to Dexcom Inc. (San Diego).

"Proximity-based data access authentication and authorization in an analyte monitoring system" was invented by Nathanael Richard Paul (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Jorge R. Barreras (Dania Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are provided for securely obtaining access to patient data associated with a patient using a sensor system configured for monitoring analyte levels of a patient. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a display device, one or more communications from the sensor system, wherein the one or more communications include iden...