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Analyte measuring device

US7860545B2 · kind B2 · utility

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342References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Dexcom, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mark C. Shults · Madison, US
James H. Brauker · Cement City, US
Victoria Carr-Brendel · San Diego, US
Mark A. Tapsak · Bloomsburg, US
Dubravka Markovic · San Diego, US
Stuart J. Updike · Madison, US
Rathbun K. Rhodes · Madison, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2008
Grant date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB33Y80/00
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable analyte-measuring device including a membrane adapted to promote vascularization and/or interfere with barrier cell layer formation. The membrane includes any combination of materials, architecture, and bioactive agents that facilitate analyte transport to provide long-term in vivo performance of the implantable analyte-measuring device.

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