ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,042, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DexCom Inc. (San Diego).

"Invasive biosensor alignment and retention" was invented by Arthur Lin (Fremont, Calif.), Xianyan Wang (San Jose, Calif.) and Pey-Jiun Ko (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of invasive biosensor alignment and retention features and methods are described. One example biosensor includes a housing comprising: a first surface defining a first opening, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface defining a second opening, the first and second openings defining a substantially unobstructed pathway through the housing; a bios...