ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,819, issued on June 24, was assigned to Dexcom Inc. (San Diego).

"Analyte sensor break-in mitigation" was invented by Ted Tang Lee (San Diego) and Shanger Wang (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples described herein are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for mitigating break-in in an analyte sensor. An example analyte sensor system comprises an analyte sensor applicator comprising a needle; an analyte sensor comprising at least a working electrode and a reference electrode, the analyte sensor positioned at least partially within a lumen of the needle; and a hydrating agent positioned within the lumen of...