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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Glysens Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph Lucisano, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy Routh, San Diego, CA (US);
Joe Lin, San Diego, CA (US);
GlySens Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Biocompatible implantable sensor apparatus and methods of implantation and use. In one embodiment, the sensor apparatus is an oxygen-based glucose sensor having biocompatibility features that mitigate the host tissue response. In one variant, these features include use of a non-enzymatic membrane over each of the individual analyte detectors so as to preclude contact of the surrounding tissue with the underlying enzyme or other matrix, and mitigate vascularization, and insulation of the various electrodes and associated electrolytic processes of the sensor from the surrounding tissue. In one implementation, the sensor region of the implanted apparatus is configured to interlock or imprint the surrounding tissue so as to promote a high degree of glucose molecule diffusion into the individual detectors, and a constant and predictable sensor to blood vessel interface, yet preclude the tissue from bonding to the sensor, especially over extended periods of implant.