ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,748, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Medical device with dose helper functionality including time zone or location determination" was invented by Axel Teucher (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Frank Roethke (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Florian Schauderna (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Marcus-Meinolf Dittrich (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Andrew Tubb (Surrey, Great Britain), Timothy Golnik (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Joseph Flaherty (Salem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for supporting health control is provided. An example medical device can include a rec...