Implantable sensor device
US8679010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/245
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implantable sensor device for capturing at least one physical, chemical, biological or physiological parameter in the body of a living being wearing the sensor device upon contact with the body fluid or tissue of the same, including a sensor housing, a sensor element that is accommodated in the sensor housing and has a capturing section, which has direct contact with the body fluid or the body tissue, or which internally adjoins a surface or opening section of the sensor housing that has contact with the body fluid or the body tissue, and a mechanically acting sensor cleaning device for cleaning the capturing section of the sensor element and/or the surface or opening section of the sensor housing adjoining the same.
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