US 12,440,162 B2
Sensor connections
David C. Antonio, Pasadena, CA (US); Eric Allan Larson, Simi Valley, CA (US); Jose J. Ruelas, San Fernando, CA (US); and Akhil Srinivasan, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed by Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/579,022.
Application 16/579,022 is a continuation of application No. 15/357,925, filed on Nov. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,420,508.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/402,676, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/344,847, filed on Jun. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/344,852, filed on Jun. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/320,290, filed on Apr. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0015749 A1, Jan. 16, 2020
Prior Publication US 2024/0023894 A9, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1473 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6833 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/1486 (2013.01); A61B 5/150236 (2013.01); A61B 5/150633 (2013.01); A61B 5/150732 (2013.01); A61B 5/6832 (2013.01); A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61B 5/145 (2013.01); A61B 5/1473 (2013.01); A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/150969 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/045 (2013.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01); A61B 2562/04 (2013.01); A61B 2562/16 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1585 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1586 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1726 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A sensor transmitter assembly, comprising:
a sensor assembly comprising a first sensor head connected to a first plurality of electrodes and a second sensor head connected to a second plurality of electrodes, an upper elastomeric connector, and a lower elastomeric connector, the first sensor head having a first contact pad and the second sensor head having a second contact pad, wherein the first sensor head and the second sensor head are sandwiched between the upper elastomeric connector and the lower elastomeric connector such that the upper elastomeric connector is positioned on the second sensor head and in electrical contact with the second contact pad, the second sensor head is positioned on the first sensor head, and the first sensor head is positioned on the lower elastomeric connector such that the first contact pad is positioned on the lower elastomeric connector and thereby in electrical contact with the second contact pad, wherein the lower elastomeric connector makes electrical contact with the upper elastomeric connector via a first window cut in the first sensor head and a second window cut in the second sensor head; and
a transmitter assembly configured to be coupled to the sensor assembly to form a single unit, the transmitter assembly having a transmitter contact, wherein, when the transmitter assembly is coupled to the sensor assembly, the first contact pad and the second contact pad form a connection path with the transmitter contact.