US Patent Issued to TANDEM DIABETES CARE on Nov. 4 for "Basal rate testing using frequent blood glucose input" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,754, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TANDEM DIABETES CARE INC. (San Diego).

"Basal rate testing using frequent blood glucose input" was invented by Michael L. Blomquist (Blaine, Minn.) and Thomas Alan Savard (Arden, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising a user interface configured to generate an electrical signal to start a basal insulin rate test when prompted by a user, an input configured to receive sampled blood glucose data of a patient that is obtained during a specified time duration, including a time duration during delivery of insulin according to a specified basal insulin rate pattern, and a controll...