Patent ID: 9642568
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,G01N

Claim:
1. A continuous glucose monitoring system comprising: an orthogonally redundant glucose sensor, comprising: an insertion device including an insertion needle, wherein said integrated flex circuit is configured to be carried inside said needle for simultaneous insertion of said optical glucose sensor and said non-optical glucose sensor into the user's body; a hand-held monitor having a display; and an external transmitter having a housing that houses the proximal portion of the optical glucose sensor and the proximal portion of the non-optical glucose sensor, wherein the transmitter includes instrumentation in said housing configured to receive an optical signal from the optical sensor and a non-optical signal from the non-optical sensor and configured to convert each of said optical and non-optical signals to respective glucose values, and wherein the transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit said respective glucose values.