US Patent Issued to PHC Holdings on Nov. 3 for "Sensor and manufacturing method therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,470, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PHC Holdings Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Fuminori Kutsuna (Ehime, Japan), Masaki Fujiwara (Ehime, Japan), Masami Tomioka (Ehime, Japan), Toshihiro Ikeda (Ehime, Japan), Masatomo Matsui (Ehime, Japan) and Makoto Sueyoshi (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This sensor has a probe inserted into a living body, and measures an analyte, wherein the probe has a substrate, an electrode formed on the substrate, a reagent layer formed on the electrode, a first protective film formed on the reagent layer, and a second protective film which is thinner t...