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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Ross W. Jacobson, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Alexander G. Lastovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lawrence A. Monahan, Willow Spring, NC (US);
Edward P. Browka, Troy, NY (US);
Ross W. Jacobson, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Alexander G. Lastovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lawrence A. Monahan, Willow Spring, NC (US);
Edward P. Browka, Troy, NY (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical connector device is disclosed for optically connecting a biosensor wearable on the body of a patient to a reader outside of the body of the patient. The device comprises a base disk to be worn on the body of a patient. The base disk has a needle attached thereto and the needle houses a first fiber defining a first optical conduit. The distal end of the needle is insertable into the body of the patient, and a portion of the proximal end of the needle remains outside of the body of the patient when the device is worn. The device also comprises a connector housing a second fiber defining a second optical conduit.