U.S. Patent 7715893 was awarded to DexCom, Inc. on 2010-05-11 and describes a “Calibration techniques for a continuous analyte sensor.” This patent has been cited 321 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for calibrating a continuous analyte sensor, such as a continuous glucose sensor. One such system utilizes one or more electrodes to measure an additional analyte. Such measurements may provide a baseline or sensitivity measurement for use in calibrating the sensor. Furthermore, baseline and/or sensitivity measurements may be used to trigger events such as digital filtering of data or suspending display of data. Link: U.S. Patent 7715893

This patent was originally filed on 2004-12-03 which gives it a processing time of 1985 days, compared to an average processing time of 1696 in the field. DexCom, Inc. has 423 total patents. The first named inventor is James H. Brauker of Addison, IL. The primary examiner was Robert L Nasser.

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