PRE-CONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS
Pre-connected analyte sensors are provided. A pre-connected analyte sensor includes a sensor carrier attached to an analyte sensor. The sensor carrier includes a substrate configured for mechanical coupling of the sensor to testing, calibration, or wearable equipment. The sensor carrier also includes conductive contacts for electrically coupling sensor electrodes to the testing, calibration, or wearable equipment.
1 . An array of pre-connected analyte sensors, the array comprising:
a substrate;
a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed on the substrate;
a second plurality of electrical contacts disposed on the substrate; and
a plurality of analyte sensors disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of analyte sensors comprising
a first sensor electrical contact coupled to a corresponding one of the first plurality of electrical contacts on the substrate, and
a second sensor electrical contact coupled to a corresponding one of the second plurality of electrical contacts on the substrate.
2 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts are aligned along the substrate.
3 . The array of claim 2 , wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts are formed from an exposed contact surface.
4 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts are aligned along the substrate.
5 . The array of claim 4 , wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts are formed from an exposed contact surface.
6 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the first and second plurality of electrical contacts are configured to connect with a separate device.
7 . The array of claim 6 , wherein the separate device is a component of a manufacturing station.
8 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises at least one singulation feature configured to facilitate singulation of the substrate into a plurality of sensor carriers, wherein each of the plurality of sensor carriers is attached to an individual one of the analyte sensors.
9 . The array of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of identifiers disposed on the substrate.
10 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises an elongated dimension, wherein the plurality of analyte sensors extend beyond an edge of the substrate in a direction orthogonal to the elongated dimension.
11 . The array of claim 10 , further comprising a feed-guide strip that runs along an opposing edge of the substrate in the elongated dimension.
12 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a flexible substrate configured to be rolled onto a reel.
13 . The array of claim 11 , wherein the feed-guide strip is removable from the substrate.
14 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a molded thermoplastic having a plurality of datum features that control a position and orientation of the plurality of analyte sensors, and wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts and the second plurality of electrical contacts each comprise embedded conductive traces in the molded thermoplastic.
15 . The array of claim 1 , further comprising a first datum structure coupled to the array, the first datum structure configured to position at least one analyte sensor.
16 . The array of claim 15 , wherein the first datum structure includes at least one singulation feature configured to facilitate singulation of the first datum structure into a plurality of second datum structures, wherein each of the plurality of second datum structures is coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of sensor carriers formed by the substrate.
17 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes processing circuitry configured to perform at least potentiostat measurements for the plurality of analyte sensors.
18 . The array of claim 17 , further comprising communications circuitry operable by the processing circuitry to send and receive data associated with each of the analyte sensors together with an identifier for that analyte sensor.
19 . The array of claim 1 , wherein the array comprises one or more strips.