ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,145, issued on May 27, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Infusion devices and related rescue detection methods" was invented by Neha J. Parikh (West Hills, Calif.), Anirban Roy (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Benyamin Grosman (Winnetka, Calif.), Rebecca K. Gottlieb (Culver City, Calif.) and Di Wu (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device to deliver fluid to a body of a user involves obtaining measurement values for a physiological condition influenced by the fluid, autonomously...