Sensor film for transcutaneous insertion and a method for making the sensor film
First Claim
1. A flexible sensor film comprising an elongate electrode part with a distal end for transcutaneous insertion into an organism by means of a needle and with a proximal end which is integral with a contact part of the sensor film, wherein the contact part extends to both sides of at least one axial plane that contains a longitudinal axis of the electrode part.
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Abstract
There is provided a thin film (1,2 or 1,3, FIGS. 1 and 2) for transcutaneous insertion by means of a needle assembly or the like. The sensor film comprises an elongate electrode part (1) which is integral with a contact part (2, 3). According to the invention the contact part (2, 3) extends to both sides of at least one axial plane that contains a longitudinal axis of the electrode part (1). Thereby it is obtained that a needle assembly containing the sensor film can be a compact unit while simultaneously the contact part is configured such that the opportunities of contacting and fixating and using the sensor film to advantage are improved considerably compared to the achievement of the prior art.
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- 1. A flexible sensor film comprising an elongate electrode part with a distal end for transcutaneous insertion into an organism by means of a needle and with a proximal end which is integral with a contact part of the sensor film, wherein the contact part extends to both sides of at least one axial plane that contains a longitudinal axis of the electrode part.
- 13. A method of manufacturing a flexible sensor film having a distal end and a proximal end that are coherent at a contact part of the sensor film, which method is wherein sensor elements are provided on a carrier film, wherein each sensor element comprises a contact part having a recess that extends into the contact part and comprises an electrode part that extends in a direction away from the contact part in line with the recess, and wherein the sensor elements are situated in pairs opposite each other, whereby an electrode part from the one element in the pair of elements extends into the recess in the second element in the pair of elements.
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