US Patent Issued to DexCom on July 15 for "Transcutaneous analyte sensors, applicators therefor, and associated methods" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,345, issued on July 15, was assigned to DexCom Inc. (San Diego).

"Transcutaneous analyte sensors, applicators therefor, and associated methods" was invented by Ryan Everett Schoonmaker (Oceanside, Calif.), Jennifer Blackwell (San Diego), Eric Gobrecht (Madison, Wis.), Jason Halac (Solana Beach, Calif.), Randall Scott Koplin (Middleton, Wis.) and Justen Deering England (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present embodiments provide sensor applicators and methods of use with activation that implant the se...