Patent ID: 11877847
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 6:
7. A biosensor apparatus, comprising:
a semiconductor biosensor device, comprising:
a surface section comprising processing circuitry and a first contact pad; and
an implantable section for implanting in a user's skin, the implantable section comprising:
a bending detector; and
a sensing region comprising:
a plurality of biomarker sensor arrays, each biomarker sensor array comprising a plurality of biomarker sensors operable to detect a biomarker;
a control biomarker sensor array comprising a plurality of biomarker-insensitive sensors;
a biofouling detector; and
a temperature sensor,
wherein the sensing region and the bending detector are operably connected to the processing circuitry; and

a cover operable to attach to the semiconductor biosensor device, the cover comprising:
a second contact pad electrically connected to the first contact pad is attached; and
an antenna;

wherein the plurality of biomarker sensor arrays are operably connected to a select circuit, the select circuit operable to select a signal from a biomarker sensor in a biomarker sensor array in the plurality of biomarker sensor arrays.