ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,901, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).

"System and method for automated optical analyte measurements via wearable smart devices" was invented by Alexander Steck (Hirschberg, Germany), Bernhard Limburg (Soergenloch, Germany), Fredrik Hailer (Limburgerhof, Germany) and Max Berg (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for measuring an analyte include devices configured to perform an analyte testing operation. The devices include a wearable electronic device and a remote device operatively connected to each other and each having a processor, the processors cooperatin...