US Patent Issued to Optum Labs on May 26 for "Methods and systems to detect eating" (American, Philippine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,943, issued on May 26, was assigned to Optum Labs LLC (Minneapolis).

"Methods and systems to detect eating" was invented by Steven Catani (Athens, Ga.), Jed Ludlow (Draper, Utah), Tyler Stigen (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Joseph A. Roxas (Talisay, Philippines) and Nino Paul D. Batanay (Carmen, Philippines).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include methods and systems for automated eating detection. Systems comprise a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), accelerometer, and processing unit. During a first time period, the processing unit receives glucose readings and a first set of acceleration readings. The processing unit identifies a...