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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Jeff T. Suri, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Eric Patterson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of covalently attaching heparin to a membrane comprising plasma treating the membrane to produce an amino-functionalized membrane; and reacting the amino-functionalized membrane with heparin under conditions in which heparin becomes covalently attached to the amino-functionalized membrane, wherein said heparin is indirectly attached via a spacer to said amino-functionalized membrane and/or said heparin is attached from a single site in said heparin to a single site on said amino-functionalized membrane or to said spacer. Also disclosed are analyte sensors.