ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,920, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Adjustable glucose sensor initialization sequences" was invented by Ellis Garai (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Sarkis D. Aroyan (Northridge, Calif.), Margaret R. Miller (Northridge, Calif.) and Melissa Tsang (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method for initializing a glucose sensor includes executing an initialization sequence for the glucose sensor, wherein the initialization sequence is based on one or more of parameters related to manufacturing the glucose sensor or environmental conditions of the glucose sensor that are pr...