Invention Grant
US08865249B2 Techniques to improve polyurethane membranes for implantable glucose sensors
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改善可植入式葡萄糖传感器聚氨酯膜的技术
- Patent Title: Techniques to improve polyurethane membranes for implantable glucose sensors
- Patent Title (中): 改善可植入式葡萄糖传感器聚氨酯膜的技术
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Application No.: US13631780Application Date: 2012-09-28
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Publication No.: US08865249B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Mark A. Tapsak , Rathbun K. Rhodes , Mark C. Shults , Jason D. McClure
- Applicant: DexCom, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP.
- Main IPC: B05D3/02
- IPC: B05D3/02 ; A61B5/05 ; C12N9/04 ; C12Q1/26 ; B01D71/54 ; C12Q1/00 ; B01D71/80 ; B01D69/14

Abstract:
The invention provides an implantable membrane for regulating the transport of analytes therethrough that includes a matrix including a first polymer; and a second polymer dispersed throughout the matrix, wherein the second polymer forms a network of microdomains which when hydrated are not observable using photomicroscopy at 400× magnification or less. In one aspect, the homogeneous membrane of the present invention has hydrophilic domains dispersed substantially throughout a hydrophobic matrix to provide an optimum balance between oxygen and glucose transport to an electrochemical glucose sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130030273A1 TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE POLYURETHANE MEMBRANES FOR IMPLANTABLE GLUCOSE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2013-01-31
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