US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on Oct. 27 for "Method and apparatus for analyte detection using an electrochemical biosensor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,979, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for analyte detection using an electrochemical biosensor" was invented by Stephen M. Oja (Alameda, Calif.) and Benjamin Feldman (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sensing an analyte utilizing a sensor, the sensor including a reference electrode and a working electrode including an analyte-specific enzyme and a redox mediator, where the method includes: providing the working electrode to the analyte; accumulating charge derived from the analyte reacting with the analyte-specific enzyme and the redox medi...