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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2004
Applicants:

Stefan Zimmermann, Berkeley, CA (US);

Boris Stoeber, Berkeley, CA (US);

Dorian Liepmann, Lafayette, CA (US);

Albert Pisano, Danville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stefan Zimmermann, Berkeley, CA (US);

Boris Stoeber, Berkeley, CA (US);

Dorian Liepmann, Lafayette, CA (US);

Albert Pisano, Danville, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for substance monitoring. One application is an easy to handle continuous glucose monitor using a group of hollow out-of-plane silicon microneedles to sample substances in interstitial fluid from the epidermal skin layer. The glucose of the interstitial fluid permeates a dialysis membrane and reaches a sensor. Using MEMS technology, for example, allows well-established batch fabrication at low cost.


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