U.S. Patent 7713574 was awarded to DexCom, Inc. on 2010-05-11 and describes a “Transcutaneous analyte sensor.” This patent has been cited 349 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:

The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. Link: U.S. Patent 7713574

This patent was originally filed on 2005-03-10 which gives it a processing time of 1888 days, compared to an average processing time of 1697 in the field. DexCom, Inc. has 423 total patents. The first named inventor is James H. Brauker of Addison, IL. The assistant examiner was Cachet I Sellman.

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