ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,331, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ST. LOUIS MEDICAL DEVICES INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Method and system for non-invasive optical blood glucose detection utilizing spectral data analysis" was invented by Zhi Xu (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for non-invasively measuring blood glucose levels in a biological sample based on spectral data. This includes at least one light source configured to strike a target area of a sample, at least one light detector, which includes a preamplifier having a feedback resistor, positioned to receive light from the at least one light source and to genera...