Structurally reinforced sensor and method for manufacturing the same

US12372490B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC. · US

Inventors

• Christina Pai · Santa Clarita, US
• Brian P. McGee · Santa Clarita, US
• Mohsen Askarinya · Chandler, US
• Mary Ellen B. Coe · Colorado Springs, US
• Cynthia J. Jones · Palmdale, US
• Hsiu-Hsin Chung · Gilbert, US
• Nathan Hobbs · Los Angeles, US
• Jorge L. Nieto · Los Angeles, US
• Anirban Chakraborty · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N27/3272
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor having a distal end and an intermediate region adjacent to the distal end is provided. The sensor includes an insulator base substrate, sensor electrodes over the insulator base substrate, an electrode lead pattern over the insulator base substrate, wherein the electrode lead pattern includes electrode leads configured for contact with the sensor electrodes, and wherein the electrode leads extend completely across the intermediate region in a longitudinal direction, and a structural backing layer over the electrode lead pattern and insulator base substrate; wherein a side edge of the structural backing layer over the electrode lead pattern extends completely across the structural backing layer in the longitudinal direction.