Patent ID: 9726629
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. An electrolyte sensor for detecting an analyte, the electrolyte sensor comprising: a flexible nonconductive silicone base portion having sides; wire crimps attached to wire lead terminals, wherein the wire crimps are arranged on the flexible nonconductive silicone base portion; one or more positive and negative electrodes covering the wire crimps, wherein the flexible nonconductive silicone base portion, the wire crimps, and the one or more positive and negative electrodes are connected together by using heat molding and vulcanization, the flexible nonconductive silicone base portion enabling separation of the one or more positive and negative electrodes, the one or more positive and negative trace electrodes including a conductive polymer and arranged in a pattern of proximity with respect to each other throughout a surface of the electrolyte sensor, wherein the pattern comprises either the one or more positive and negative electrodes being trace electrodes that form at least one channel having a direction that varies with respect to the direction of at least one side of the silicone base portion, or the pattern comprises the one or more positive and negative electrodes forming alternating islands.