ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,658, issued on July 14, was assigned to Life365 Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Health monitoring and communications device" was invented by Kent Dicks (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Eric Vandewater (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Randolph Strength (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for reconfigurable and/or updatable lightweight electronic devices or systems are disclosed. Via use of such a device, system, or method, various capabilities for a user are provided, simplified, secured, and/or made more convenient. The system may interact with various other devices or systems, including those that are cloud-based o...