ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,247, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Proxense LLC (Bend, Ore.).

"Proximity-based healthcare management system with automatic access to private information" was invented by John J. Giobbi (Bend, Ore.), Ryan Gallivan (Bend, Ore.) and Kent Yundt (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A healthcare management system and method provide efficient and secure access to private information. A portable physical device, referred to herein as a Personal Digital Key or "PDK", stores one or more profiles in memory. The biometric profile is acquired in a secure trusted process and is uniquely associated with an individual that is authorized to ...