US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on Sept. 16 for "Medical devices having a dynamic surface profile and methods for production and use thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,713, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Medical devices having a dynamic surface profile and methods for production and use thereof" was invented by Jonathan McCanless (Oakland, Calif.), Hyun Brian Cho (Berkeley, Calif.), Benjamin J. Feldman (Berkeley, Calif.) and Frank David Fujimoto (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices configured for in vivo assays of one or more analytes can sometimes be problematic if left inserted in a tissue, such as skin, for an extended time. Certain medical device surface profiles may aid in alleviating this issue. Accordingly, medica...