CPC A61B 5/1495 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/076 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14556 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/1473 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0266 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. An analyte sensor for measurement of an analyte in a medium within a living animal, the analyte sensor comprising:
an analyte indicator having a first detectable property that varies in accordance with (i) an amount or concentration of the analyte in the medium and (ii) an extent to which the analyte indicator has degraded, wherein the analyte indicator comprises analyte indicator molecules; and
a degradation indicator having a second detectable property that varies in accordance with an extent to which the degradation indicator has degraded, wherein the degradation indicator comprises degradation indicator molecules, and the extent to which the degradation indicator has degraded corresponds to the extent to which the analyte indicator has degraded;
wherein the degradation indicator molecules comprise a compound of formula I:
![]() wherein A″, B″, C″, A′, B′, C′, W′, X, Y′, and Z′ represent —CH, and the hydrogen of —CH may optionally and independently be substituted with an alkyl group;
wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from one or more vinyl groups, alkyl vinyl groups, acrylamide groups, methacrylamide groups, or other polymerizable groups.
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