US 11,696,710 B2
Sensors for continuous analyte monitoring
Peter C. Simpson, Cardiff, CA (US); Jennifer Blackwell, San Diego, CA (US); Sebastian Bohm, San Diego, CA (US); Michael J. Estes, San Diego, CA (US); Jeff Jackson, Poway, CA (US); Jason Mitchell, San Diego, CA (US); Jack Pryor, San Diego, CA (US); Daiting Rong, San Diego, CA (US); Sean T. Saint, San Diego, CA (US); Disha B. Sheth, San Marcos, CA (US); and Shanger Wang, Castro Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to DexCom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by DexCom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,578.
Application 15/795,087 is a division of application No. 14/250,320, filed on Apr. 10, 2014, abandoned.
Application 16/917,578 is a continuation of application No. 15/795,087, filed on Oct. 26, 2017, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2020/0330006 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/1473 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1473 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14532 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor device for measuring an analyte concentration in a host, the sensor device being configured for implantation in the host, the sensor device comprising:
a sensor unit comprising a sensor body, at least one electrode, and a membrane covering at least a portion of the at least one electrode;
a piercing element at a distal end of the sensor unit, the piercing element configured to pierce skin of the host; and
a mounting unit spaced from a tip of the sensor unit and configured to support the sensor device on an exterior surface of the skin of the host;
wherein the sensor body comprises a stimulus-responsive material configured to move the sensor body from a first shape that is straight to a second shape that is curved, the stimulus responsive material comprising a shape memory material configured such that the sensor body has the first shape at a first temperature ex vivo, and moves from the first shape to the second shape responsive to a second temperature in vivo that is different than the first temperature.