US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on April 8 for "Integrated insulin delivery system having safety features to prevent hypoglycemia" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,844, issued on April 8, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Integrated insulin delivery system having safety features to prevent hypoglycemia" was invented by Erwin S. Budiman (Fremont, Calif.) and Gary A. Hayter (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for the delivery of insulin to a patient, the system comprising: a continuous glucose sensor configured to provide a glucose level signal representative of sensed glucose; an insulin delivery device configured to deliver insulin in response to delivery control signals at a basal rate and as a bolus; and a controller programmed to receive the se...