ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,631, issued on May 27, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Medical device site monitoring methods and related devices and systems" was invented by An Thien Pham (Rosemead, Calif.), Megan V. Becvarik (Los Angeles), Emilian S. Istoc (Canoga Park, Calif.), Sean M. Milar (Northridge, Calif.), Sophia Wolf (Pasadena, Calif.), Xinrui Zhang (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Evan Anselmo (Northridge, Calif.), Yevgeniy Levin (West Hills, Calif.) and Sarnath Chattaraj (Simi Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Patient monitoring systems and related medical devices and methods are provided. One method involves obtaining h...