ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,734, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PACIFIC DIABETES TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Portland, Ore.).

"Methods and systems for insulin delivery and glucose measurement" was invented by William Kenneth Ward (Portland, Ore.), Robert S. Cargill (Portland, Ore.), Gabriel Heinrich (Portland, Ore.), Sheila Benware (Clackamas, Ore.), Mark Vreeke (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Joseph D. Kowalski (Portland, Ore.) and Thomas Seidl (Tigard, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may comprise (a) inserting an insulin delivery device subcutaneously into a body of a subject, which comprises an amperometric glucose sensor comprising an electrode layer compris...