ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,207, issued on July 15, was assigned to Allez Health Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Sensor for a continuous biological monitor having nitric oxide releasing compound" was invented by Qinyi Yan (San Diego), Robert James Boock (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jessie Haskamp (San Diego) and Huashi Zhang (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subcutaneous sensor for use with a continuous glucose monitor includes a working electrode and a reference electrode. The reference electrode comprises a reference substrate, an ion limiting layer over the reference substrate and a composition for releasing nitric oxide (NO). The composition ha...