ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,731, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Safety unit for analyte sensor" was invented by Felix Bootz (Speyer, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyte sensor for use in medical devices for measuring analyte data such as glucose data, including: a power source providing electrical power to the analyte sensor, an enclosure of the analyte sensor, a sensor circuit powered by the power source and including two electrodes, wherein the electrodes each have a first portion that lies inside the enclosure and a second portion that lies outside of the enclosure. At least one protection unit is el...