US Patent Issued to Medtronic MiniMed on June 23 for "Devices, systems, and methods for analyte sensing" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,147, issued on June 23, was assigned to Medtronic MiniMed Inc. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for analyte sensing" was invented by James E. Burgett (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Alford L. McLevish (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyte sensors and associated insertion devices are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology includes a sensor applicator comprising a housing having an insertion end configured to be positioned at or adjacent a user's skin at an insertion site, a needle carried by the housing and configured for insertion into the user's skin at the insertion s...