ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,140, issued on May 13, was assigned to BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL INC. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Diabetes management system" was invented by Jeffrey Brewer (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Kevin S. Lee (Milpitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of location-based and/or proximity-based features related to diabetes management systems can be used to improve maintenance compliance and/or to provide important information to PWD designated assistance entities (e.g., family, friends, givers, HCPs, emergency medicine providers) under certain conditions. In some cases, a user's location can be tracked or determined to trigger and/or time alerts ab...