# US 11,432,747 B2 · Bio sensor, method for manufacturing bio sensor, and apparatus for measuring bio signals > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,747 B2 - Document ID: US11432747B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/614,576 - Filed: 2018-05-17 - Published: 2020-06-04 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-22 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chul-ho Cho; Seong-je Cho; Jin-hong Min; Kyoung-jin Moon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432747B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/14532: {for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement} - A61B 5/14865: {invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors} - A61B 5/6839: {Anchoring means, e.g. barbs} - A61B 5/14546: {for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes} - A61B 5/1473: invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter - A61B 5/6848: {Needles} - A61B 2560/0223: of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors - A61B 2560/0443: Modular apparatus - A61B 2562/12: Manufacturing methods specially adapted for producing sensors for in-vivo measurements - A61B 2562/125: characterised by the manufacture of electrodes - A61B 2562/16: Details of sensor housings or probes; Details of structural supports for sensors (A61B2560/0462 takes precedence) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring bio signals. The apparatus for measuring bio signals includes: a sensor module configured to include a needle sensor to be inserted into the skin; and a main body to which the sensor module is separably coupled, and which is configured to include a controller controlling the sensor module to measure a bio signal through the needle sensor, once the sensor module is coupled. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for measuring bio signals, comprising: a sensor module configured to include a needle sensor to be inserted into a skin; and a main body to which the sensor module is separably coupled and which is configured to include a controller controlling the sensor module to measure a bio signal through the needle sensor, once the sensor module is coupled, wherein the needle sensor includes first and second electrode portions to be inserted into the skin, wherein the first electrode portion includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer, and a dielectric layer which are sequentially laminated, the second electrode portion includes a second substrate, a second electrode layer, and a reagent layer which are sequentially laminated, and the first and second electrode portions are laminated to make the dielectric layer and the reagent layer be in contact with each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor module includes a first terminal portion connected to the needle sensor, and the main body includes a second terminal portion electrically connecting the first terminal portion and the controller to each other through coupling of the sensor module. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 2, wherein the main body has a coupling groove which is formed in a bottom surface of the main body and into which the sensor module is inserted, and the second terminal portion is disposed in the coupling groove. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 3, wherein the sensor module includes a first magnet portion, and the main body includes a second magnet portion attached to the first magnet portion to allow the sensor module inserted into the main body to be in position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 2, wherein the main body has a coupling hole penetrating through the main body to allow the sensor module to be inserted, the first terminal portion is disposed at a side surface of the sensor module, and the second terminal portion is disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the coupling hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sensor module includes a first magnet portion, and the main body includes a second magnet portion attached to the first magnet portion to allow the sensor module inserted into the main body to be in position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body includes at least one auxiliary sensor disposed in a bottom surface of the main body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus for measuring bio signals as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller measures an electric current flowing between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion. ### Claim 9 A bio sensor to be inserted into a skin, comprising: a first electrode portion of which one end is sharp; and a second electrode portion configured to face the first electrode portion with a space therebetween and of which one end is sharp, wherein the first electrode portion includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer, and a dielectric layer which are sequentially laminated, the second electrode portion includes a second substrate, a second electrode layer, and a reagent layer which are sequentially laminated, and the first and second electrode portions are laminated to make the dielectric layer and the reagent layer be in contact with each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The bio sensor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising at least one spacer disposed between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The bio sensor as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a support member separably disposed between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion and supporting the first and second electrode portions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The bio sensor as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first and second electrode portions are formed by folding a thin film substrate to make first and second electrode patterns printed on the thin film substrate at a predetermined interval face each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The bio sensor as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first electrode portion has a first connector groove and includes a first connector inserted into the first connector groove and electrically connected to the first electrode layer, and the second electrode portion has a second connector groove and includes a second connector inserted into the second connector groove and electrically connected to the second electrode layer. ### Claim 14 A method for manufacturing a bio sensor, comprising: printing at least one pair of electrode patterns on one surface of a thin film substrate; disposing a spacer on at least one of the pair of electrode patterns; cutting the thin film substrate in a shape of the pair of electrode patterns; and folding the cut thin film substrate, wherein the electrode pattern includes first and second electrode portions to be inserted into a skin, wherein the first electrode portion includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer, and a dielectric layer which are sequentially laminated, the second electrode portion includes a second substrate, a second electrode layer, and a reagent layer which are sequentially laminated, and the first and second electrode portions are laminated to make the dielectric layer and the reagent layer be in contact with each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method for manufacturing a bio sensor as claimed in claim 14, wherein in the printing, at least one pair of first and second electrode patterns of which one ends are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval is printed, the one ends being sharp and facing each other, and in the folding, the thin film substrate is folded at a portion between the one end of the first electrode pattern and the one end of the second electrode pattern to make the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern face each other.