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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Rajiv Shah, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Shaun M. Pendo, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Culver City, CA (US);
Gil Bruso, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Katherine T. Wolfe, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Rajiv Shah, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Shaun M. Pendo, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Culver City, CA (US);
Gil Bruso, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Katherine T. Wolfe, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for fabricating a long-term analyte sensor for measuring at least one analyte in the body of a user. The analyte sensors made by these methods include a plurality of analyte contacting sensor elements and at least one structure for relaying information to and from the sensor. The analyte sensor so fabricated further includes at least one sensor protection membrane that is controllable in a manner such that sensor elements may be activated (e.g. exposed to the external environment) at different times so as to extend the useful life of the sensor. In illustrative analyte sensors, the analyte is glucose.