US 12,011,265 B2
Method of making a sensor device
Peter C. Simpson, Cardiff, CA (US); Jennifer Blackwell, San Diego, CA (US); and Sebastian Böhm, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to DexCom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by DexCom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/359,765.
Application 16/359,765 is a continuation of application No. 13/780,808, filed on Feb. 28, 2013, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/713,338, filed on Oct. 12, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2019/0209057 A1, Jul. 11, 2019
Int. Cl. H01S 4/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1473 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); B21G 1/00 (2006.01); B21G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1473 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); A61L 31/08 (2013.01); B21G 1/003 (2013.01); B21G 1/006 (2013.01); B21G 1/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a sensor device for measuring an analyte concentration in a host, the method comprising:
coating a wire with a membrane;
cutting the coated wire to a desired length to thereby form a sensor tip; and
exposing the coated wire to a hardening agent such that the membrane absorbs the hardening agent, whereby the sensor device is formed, the sensor device being configured to be inserted into skin of the host and configured to measure the analyte concentration within the skin of the host.