US Patent Issued to Medtronic MiniMed on Sept. 1 for "Methods, systems, and devices for calibration and optimization of glucose sensors and sensor output" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,556, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Medtronic MiniMed Inc. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Methods, systems, and devices for calibration and optimization of glucose sensors and sensor output" was invented by Peter Ajemba (Canyon Country, Calif.), Keith Nogueira (Mission Hills, Calif.), Jeffrey Nishida (Redwood City, Calif.) and Andy Y. Tsai (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous glucose monitoring system may utilize externally sourced information regarding the physiological state and ambient environment of its user for externally calibrating sensor glucose measurements. Externally sourced factory calibration informa...