US 10,420,508 B2Granted

Sensor connections

AssigneeMedtronic MiniMed, Inc.

InventorsDavid C. Antonio, Eric Allan Larson, Jose J. Ruelas, Akhil Srinivasan

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Abstract

This disclosure generally relates to medical devices that include a sensor transmitter assembly that includes a sensor assembly including a sensor module where a first sensor including a first sensor head having at least one first sensor contact pad is combined with a second sensor including a second sensor head having at least one second sensor contact pad. The sensor transmitter assembly also includes a transmitter assembly positioned on a top of the sensor assembly to form a single unit, the transmitter assembly having at least one transmitter contact disposed on a base of the transmitter assembly, where the first sensor contact pad(s) and the second sensor form a connection path with the transmitter contact(s).

Claims3

Dependent claims

A sensor transmitter assembly comprising:

a sensor assembly comprising a sensor module wherein a first sensor including a first sensor head having at least one first sensor contact pad is combined with a second sensor including a second sensor head having at least one second sensor contact pad;
wherein the first sensor head further comprises at least one conducting pad integrated thereon;
wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are interlaced, wherein a distal end of the first sensor is on top and the second sensor head is on bottom such that the second sensor contact pad is placed against the at least one conducting pad integrated on the first sensor;
and
a transmitter assembly positioned on a top of the sensor assembly to form a single unit, the transmitter assembly having at least one transmitter contact disposed on a base of the transmitter assembly, wherein the at least one first sensor contact pad and the at least one second sensor form a connection path with the at least one transmitter contact.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/357,925Filed 21 Nov 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 8 Apr 2016
Published: US 2017/0290532 A112 Oct 2017
Granted: 24 Sep 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

A61B 5/6833
Using adhesives: adhesive patches
A61B 5/0002
Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons: remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals…
A61B 5/0022
Characterised by features of the telemetry system: monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
A61B 5/14503
Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value ; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g.…:…

Family

Application62/320,290Us provisional application · filed 8 Apr 2016
Application62/344,847Us provisional application · filed 2 Jun 2016
Application62/344,852Us provisional application · filed 2 Jun 2016
Application62/402,676Us provisional application · filed 30 Sep 2016
US 2017/0290532 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Oct 2017
US 10,420,508 B2This patent

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