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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Arthur E. Colvin, Jr., Mr. Airy, MD (US);
Benjamin N. Mcleod, Reston, VA (US);
Casey J. O'connor, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Burleigh M. Hutchins, Greenfield, MA (US);
Colleen Shannon, Mt. Airy, MD (US);
Arthur E. Colvin, Jr., Mr. Airy, MD (US);
Benjamin N. McLeod, Reston, VA (US);
Casey J. O'Connor, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Burleigh M. Hutchins, Greenfield, MA (US);
Colleen Shannon, Mt. Airy, MD (US);
Sensors for Medicine and Science, Inc., Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides, among other things, a sensor system, having (1) a sensor implanted in a body part of the subject, wherein the sensor has a first antenna, and (2) a sensor reader worn on the subject's body part, wherein the sensor reader has a band housing a second antenna, which is inductively coupled with the first antenna, for enabling the sensor reader to communicate with the sensor.