US Patent Issued to DexCom on Dec. 9 for "Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,919, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DexCom Inc. (San Diego).

"Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture" was invented by Joseph J. Baker (Vista, Calif.), Justen Deering England (San Francisco), Warren Terry (Poway, Calif.), Patrick John Castagna (San Diego), Randall Scott Koplin (Middleton, Wis.) and Andrew Joncich (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin ass...