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US08050731B2 Techniques to improve polyurethane membranes for implantable glucose sensors
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改善可植入式葡萄糖传感器聚氨酯膜的技术
- Patent Title: Techniques to improve polyurethane membranes for implantable glucose sensors
- Patent Title (中): 改善可植入式葡萄糖传感器聚氨酯膜的技术
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Application No.: US11280672Application Date: 2005-11-16
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Publication No.: US08050731B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Mark A. Tapsak , Rathbun K. Rhodes , Mark C. Shults , Jason D. McClure
- Applicant: Mark A. Tapsak , Rathbun K. Rhodes , Mark C. Shults , Jason D. McClure
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: G01N27/26
- IPC: G01N27/26 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/05

Abstract:
The invention provides an implantable membrane for regulating the transport of analytes therethrough that includes a matrix including a first polymer; and a second polymer dispersed throughout the matrix, wherein the second polymer forms a network of microdomains which when hydrated are not observable using photomicroscopy at 400× magnification or less. In one aspect, the homogeneous membrane of the present invention has hydrophilic domains dispersed substantially throughout a hydrophobic matrix to provide an optimum balance between oxygen and glucose transport to an electrochemical glucose sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060086624A1 Techniques to improve polyurethane membranes for implantable glucose sensors Public/Granted day:2006-04-27
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