US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on May 5 for "Systems, devices, and methods for assembling an applicator and sensor control device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,395, issued on May 5, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for assembling an applicator and sensor control device" was invented by Vivek Rao (Alameda, Calif.) and Tuan Nguyen (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods are provided for the assembly and subsequent delivery of an in vivo analyte sensor. An applicator with sensor electronics is inserted into a tray containing an assembly that includes a sharp and an analyte sensor. The insertion causes the assembly to couple with the sensor electronics and form a deliverable sensor control device retai...