ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,548, issued on July 22, was assigned to DEXCOM INC. (San Diego).

"Analyte sensor" was invented by Ted Tang Lee (San Diego), Andrew Trinin Dennis (La Jolla, Calif.), Shanger Wang (San Diego) and Jiong Zou (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices for determining an analyte concentration. The devices comprise a sensor configured to generate a signal associated with a concentration of an analyte and an electronics unit operatively connected to the sensor. The electronics unit may be engaged with a housing that may secure the device to a host's skin. In this regard, in one embodiment, the housing may be attached to ...