US Patent Issued to Roche Diabetes Care on Oct. 21 for "Diffusion layer for an enzymatic in-vivo sensor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,802, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Diffusion layer for an enzymatic in-vivo sensor" was invented by Gregor Ocvirk (Mannheim, Germany), Angelika Fuerst (Mannheim, Germany), Alexander Steck (Mannheim, Germany) and Juergen Woehrle (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electrode system for measuring the concentration of an analyte under in-vivo conditions, comprising an electrode with immobilized enzyme molecules and a diffusion barrier that controls diffusion of the analyte from body fluid surrounding the electrode system to the enzyme molecu...