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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Makarand Paranjape, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1477 (2006.01); A61B 5/1491 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/1477 (2013.01); A61B 5/1491 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing device, designed to be used in contact with the skin, contains a plurality of individually controllable sites for electrochemically monitoring an analyte, such as glucose, in interstitial fluid of a user. The device includes at least a hydrophobic layer designed to contact the skin; a capillary channel providing an opening adjacent the skin; a metal electrode layer having a sensor layer applied to an edge portion thereof such that it is exposed to the interior of said capillary channel, the sensing layer being effective to measure the analyte.