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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Kenneth W. Cooper, Valencia, CA (US);
Ratnakar Vejella, Irvine, CA (US);
Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Irvine, CA (US);
Rajiv Shah, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth W. Cooper, Valencia, CA (US);
Ratnakar Vejella, Irvine, CA (US);
Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Irvine, CA (US);
Rajiv Shah, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/001 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 5/6846 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having nanostructured electrodes as well as methods for making and using such sensors. In certain embodiments of the invention, the sensor includes a carbon nanotube electrode and a analyte limiting membrane that modulates the ability of a analyte to contact the carbon nanotube electrode.