ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,843, issued on March 31, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Canada).

"Sensor with substrate including integrated electrical and chemical components and methods for fabricating the same" was invented by Ellis Garai (Studio City, Calif.), Akhil Srinivasan (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) and David C. Antonio (Montrose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyte sensor devices and methods for fabricating analyte sensor devices are presented here. In accordance with certain embodiments, a device for detecting and/or measuring one or more analytes in fluid includes a substrate and one or more analyte sensors disposed on an...