ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,014, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Dexcom Inc. (San Diego).

"Alert system for hypo and hyperglycemia prevention based on clinical risk" was invented by Giovanni Sparacino (Padua, Italy), Claudio Cobelli (Padua, Italy), Stefania Guerra (Carre, Italy), Andrea Facchinetti (Padua, Italy) and Michele Schiavon (Chioggia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating alerts for Hypo and Hyperglycemia Prevention from Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) determines a dynamic risk based on both information of glucose level and a trend obtainable from a CGM signals. The device includes a display whose color depends on the DR ...