US Patent Issued to Dexcom on March 17 for "System and method for titrating basal insulin doses" (Virginia, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,208, issued on March 17, was assigned to Dexcom Inc. (San Diego).

"System and method for titrating basal insulin doses" was invented by Stephen D. Patek (Charlotteville, Va.), Matthew S. Gerber (San Diego), Enrique Campos-Nanez (San Diego), Thibault Gautier (San Diego) and Leah Ziegler (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous glucose monitor (CGM)-driven basal insulin titration system and method for patients with Type 2 Diabetes can be adapted to the needs and concerns of subjects just starting on basal insulin therapy. The method uses as inputs historical CGM data, basal insulin dose information, reports of hypoglycem...