IP Library Granted Patent US 10,690,608
Granted Patent B2
US 10,690,608 · App. 15/978,659 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Sensor array

Inventors: Jennifer A. Samproni (Braintree, MA); Jeffrey R. Jasperse (Newton, MA)
Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
G01N27/02G01N33/4915H05K1/189A61M2205/3303H05K2201/051H05K2201/055H05K2201/10151
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Patent No.
US 10,690,608
App. No.
15/978,659
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor assembly has a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one analyte sensor positioned on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, and at least one electrical contact positioned on the substrate in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the at least one analyte sensor. The substrate is configured to define a tube having an interior surface, and an exterior surface. At least a portion of the first surface of the substrate defines the interior surface of the tube, and the at least one analyte sensor is disposed on at least one of the interior surface and the exterior surface of the tube.

Claims (23)

1. A sensor assembly, comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

at least one analyte sensor positioned on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate; and

at least one electrical contact positioned on the substrate in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the at least one analyte sensor,

wherein the substrate is configured to define a tube having an interior surface, and an exterior surface with at least a portion of the first surface of the substrate defining the interior surface of the tube and the at least one analyte sensor disposed on at least one of the interior surface and the exterior surface of the tube,

wherein the substrate is further configured to have a tab extending from the tube in a tangential relationship to the tube,

wherein the at least one electrical contact is positioned on the tab.

2. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is flexible.

3. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a one piece substrate.

4. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tube has a circular cross-section.

5. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical contact is positioned on the exterior surface of the tube.

6. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one amplifier front-end circuit positioned on the substrate proximate to and in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the at least one analyte sensor.

7. A sensor assembly, comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; at least one analyte sensor positioned on the first surface of the substrate; and at least one electrical contact positioned on the substrate in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the at least one analyte sensor, wherein the substrate is configured to define a tube having an interior surface, and an exterior surface with at least a portion of the second surface of the substrate defining the interior surface of the tube and the at least one analyte sensor disposed on the interior surface of the tube, wherein the substrate is further configured to have a tab extending from the tube in a tangential relationship to the tube, wherein the at least one electrical contact is positioned on the tab.

8. The sensor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the substrate is flexible.

9. The sensor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the substrate is a one piece substrate.

10. The sensor assembly of claim 7 , wherein the tube has a circular cross-section.

11. A method of forming a sensor assembly, comprising:

forming a plurality of analyte sensors on a surface of a flexible substrate; forming a plurality of electrical contacts on the flexible substrate such that the electrical contacts are in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the analyte sensors; and configuring the flexible substrate to define a tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface with the surface on which the analyte sensors are formed defining the interior surface of the tube such that the analyte sensors are disposed on the interior surface of the tube, wherein the substrate is further configured to have a tab extending from the tube in a tangential relationship to the tube, wherein the at least one electrical contact is positioned on the tab.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the tube is configured to have a circular cross-section.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of:

forming a plurality of amplifier front-end circuits on the substrate proximate to and in electrical communication with a corresponding one of the analyte sensors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2018
From: SAMPRONI, JENNIFER A.; JASPERSE, JEFFREY R.
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 045796/0126 →
Continuity (3)
Division 14396099
Provisional Application 61636840 · Apr 23, 2012
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