US Patent Issued to Ventec Life Systems on July 1 for "System and method for medical device communication" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,555, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ventec Life Systems Inc. (Bothell, Wash.).

"System and method for medical device communication" was invented by Matthew E. Monaghan (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and Kevin R. Starkey (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided remotely controlling a medical device. In some embodiments, systems and methods are also provided for remote medical monitoring. This includes, for example, emergency/panic notifications/functions, medical event recording, compliance monitoring, sleep timer and environmental controls, two-way communication, and other functions such as, for exa...