ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,229, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for integration of an analyte data reader and medication delivery device" was invented by Jean-Pierre Cole (Tracy, Calif.), Cherie A. Bulala (Berkeley, Calif.), Theodore J. Kunich (Pleasanton, Calif.), Xuandong Hua (Mountain View, Calif.) and Hila F. Ralston (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and methods are provided for the integration of an analyte data reader and a medication delivery device. The integrated device can include a medication delivery portion, wireless communications circuitry...