ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,340, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for RF detection of analyte sensor measurements" was invented by Lei He (Moraga, Calif.) and Michael R. Love (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments that translate a sensor measurement to a frequency characteristic are disclosed. The frequency characteristic can be wirelessly detected by a reader device. The detected frequency characteristic can be used to determine the corresponding sensor measurement. Devices utilizing this approach can be characterized or calibrated to increase accuracy. Systems ...