ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,162, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Medtronic MiniMed Inc. (Northridge, Calif.).
"Sensor connections" was invented by David C. Antonio (Pasadena, Calif.), Eric Allan Larson (Simi Valley, Calif.), Jose J. Ruelas (San Fernando, Calif.) and Akhil Srinivasan (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure generally relates to medical devices that include a sensor transmitter assembly that includes a sensor assembly including a sensor module where a first sensor including a first sensor head having at least one first sensor contact pad is combined with a second sensor including a second sensor head having at least...