US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC MINIMED on Jan. 13 for "Enzyme mediator functionalized polymers for use with analyte sensors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,853, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Enzyme mediator functionalized polymers for use with analyte sensors" was invented by Qingling Yang (Northridge, Calif.), Ashwin K. Rao (West Hills, Calif.) and Hanieh Ghadimi (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide amperometric analyte sensors having elements selected to optimize enzymatic activities associated with such sensors including polymers functionalized with enzymatic mediators as well as methods for making and using such sensors. While embodiments of the invention can be used in a variety ...