IP Library Granted Patent US 10,420,508
Granted Patent B2
US 10,420,508 · App. 15/357,925 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Sensor connections

Inventors: David C. Antonio (Pasadena, CA); Eric Allan Larson (Simi Valley, CA); Jose J. Ruelas (San Fernando, CA); Akhil Srinivasan (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
A61B5/6833A61B5/14503A61B5/14532A61M5/158A61M5/1723A61B5/1473A61B5/14865A61B5/150022A61B5/150969A61B2560/0214A61B2560/045A61B2562/227A61M2005/1585A61M2005/1586A61M2205/3569
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,420,508
App. No.
15/357,925
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure generally relates to medical devices that include a sensor transmitter assembly that includes a sensor assembly including a sensor module where a first sensor including a first sensor head having at least one first sensor contact pad is combined with a second sensor including a second sensor head having at least one second sensor contact pad. The sensor transmitter assembly also includes a transmitter assembly positioned on a top of the sensor assembly to form a single unit, the transmitter assembly having at least one transmitter contact disposed on a base of the transmitter assembly, where the first sensor contact pad(s) and the second sensor form a connection path with the transmitter contact(s).

Claims (5)

1. A sensor transmitter assembly comprising:

a sensor assembly comprising a sensor module wherein a first sensor including a first sensor head having at least one first sensor contact pad is combined with a second sensor including a second sensor head having at least one second sensor contact pad; wherein the first sensor head further comprises at least one conducting pad integrated thereon; wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are interlaced, wherein a distal end of the first sensor is on top and the second sensor head is on bottom such that the second sensor contact pad is placed against the at least one conducting pad integrated on the first sensor; and

a transmitter assembly positioned on a top of the sensor assembly to form a single unit, the transmitter assembly having at least one transmitter contact disposed on a base of the transmitter assembly, wherein the at least one first sensor contact pad and the at least one second sensor form a connection path with the at least one transmitter contact.

2. The sensor transmitter assembly of claim 1 , wherein a signal from the at least one first sensor contact pad travels directly through an elastomeric connector to the at least one transmitter contact.

3. The sensor transmitter assembly of claim 1 , wherein a signal from the at least one second sensor contact pad travels through the at least one conducting pad integrated on the first sensor head and through an elastomeric connector to the at least one transmitter contact.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2026
From: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.; COMPANION MEDICAL, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 074394/0237 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2016
From: ANTONIO, DAVID C.; LARSON, ERIC ALLAN; RUELAS, JOSE J.; SRINIVASAN, AKHIL
To: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 040395/0388 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62320290 · Apr 8, 2016
Provisional Application 62344847 · Jun 2, 2016
Provisional Application 62344852 · Jun 2, 2016
Provisional Application 62402676 · Sep 30, 2016
Related Publication 20170290532A1 · Oct 12, 2017
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