ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,515, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DEXCOM INC. (San Diego).

"Continuous analyte sensors and methods of making same" was invented by Robert Boock (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jeff Jackson (Poway, Calif.), Huashi Zhang (San Diego) and Jason Mitchell (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described here are embodiments of processes and systems for the continuous manufacturing of implantable continuous analyte sensors. In some embodiments, a method is provided for sequentially advancing an elongated conductive body through a plurality of stations, each configured to treat the elongated conductive body. In some of these embodiments, o...