US 12,310,727 B2
Analyte sensor
Rajiv Shah, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Katherine Wolfe, Dunwoody, GA (US); Bradley Liang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); and Shaun Pendo, Wofford Heights, CA (US)
Filed by PERCUSENSE, Valencia, CA (US); Rajiv Shah, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Katherine Wolfe, Dunwoody, GA (US); Bradley Liang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); and Shaun Pendo, Wofford Heights, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/499,746.
Application 18/499,746 is a continuation of application No. 17/260,678, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2019/042247, filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/699,477, filed on Jul. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057906 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/1473 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1473 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly, comprising:
a piercing member having an interior and exterior, and
a sensor having a proximal end and a distal end separated by a sensor straight, the distal end including a flex being terminated at a terminal end, the terminal end being within the interior of the piercing member, the sensor straight being adjacent to the exterior of the piercing member, the flex including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer,
wherein the first layer is composed of an insulator,
wherein the second layer is disposed between the first and third layers,
wherein the second layer is composed of an electrical conductor,
wherein the second layer has a first width, a second width, and a third width,
wherein the first width has a first width value,
wherein the third width has the first width value,
wherein the second width is located intermediate of the first and third widths,
wherein the second width has a second width value less than the first width value.