Sensor systems having multiple probes and electrode arrays

US9215995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC. · US

Inventors

• Rebecca K. Gottlieb · Culver City, US
• Chia-Hung Chiu · San Fernando, US
• Meena Ramachandran · San Francisco, US
• Nandita Dangui-Patel · Los Angeles, US
• Jefferson E. Rose · Hawthorne, US
• Ashwin K. Rao · Calabasas, US
• Hsifu Wang · Twin Lakes, US
• Ying Luo · Alhambra, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N27/307
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide amperometric analyte sensors having multiple related structural elements (e.g. sensor arrays comprising a working, counter and reference electrode) and algorithms designed for use with such sensors. While embodiments of the innovation can be used in a variety of contexts, typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes.