Dual electrode system for a continuous analyte sensor
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1. An analyte sensor configured for insertion into a host for measuring an analyte in the host, the sensor comprising:
- a first working electrode comprising a first electroactive surface disposed beneath an active enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane, wherein the first working electrode is configured to generate a first signal; and
a second working electrode comprising a second electroactive surface disposed beneath an inactive-enzymatic or a non-enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane, wherein the second working electrode is configured to generate a second signal, wherein the first electroactive surface and the second electroactive surface are configured and arranged to be equivalently influenced by in vivo environmental factors when implanted in a host such that a signal component associated with the in vivo environmental factors can be removed from the first signal, wherein the first and second electrodes are configured and arranged around a circumference of the sensor along an overlapping length of the sensor.
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Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a continuous analyte sensor, such as a continuous glucose sensor. One such system utilizes first and second working electrodes to measure additional analyte or non-analyte related signal. Such measurements may provide a background and/or sensitivity measurement(s) for use in processing sensor data and may be used to trigger events such as digital filtering of data or suspending display of data.
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1. An analyte sensor configured for insertion into a host for measuring an analyte in the host, the sensor comprising:
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a first working electrode comprising a first electroactive surface disposed beneath an active enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane, wherein the first working electrode is configured to generate a first signal; and a second working electrode comprising a second electroactive surface disposed beneath an inactive-enzymatic or a non-enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane, wherein the second working electrode is configured to generate a second signal, wherein the first electroactive surface and the second electroactive surface are configured and arranged to be equivalently influenced by in vivo environmental factors when implanted in a host such that a signal component associated with the in vivo environmental factors can be removed from the first signal, wherein the first and second electrodes are configured and arranged around a circumference of the sensor along an overlapping length of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system configured for measuring a glucose concentration in a host, the system comprising:
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a first working electrode comprising a first electroactive surface disposed beneath an active enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane; a second working electrode comprising a second electroactive surface disposed beneath an inactive-enzymatic or a non-enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane, wherein the first and second electrodes are at least one of bundled and twisted together in a configuration, whereby the first and second electroactive surfaces measure noise caused by the host'"'"'s metabolic processes in the surrounding micro-environment after in vivo insertion of the sensor into the host; and a processor module configured to receive or process a first signal from the first working electrode associated with glucose and non-glucose related electroactive compounds, the glucose and non-glucose related electroactive compounds having a first oxidation potential, and to receive or process a second signal from the second working electrode associated with non-glucose related electroactive compounds with an oxidation potential that substantially overlaps with the first oxidation potential, and wherein the processor module is further configured to process the first signal and the second signal to generate glucose concentration data substantially without signal contribution due the noise caused by the host'"'"'s metabolic processes. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An analyte sensor configured for insertion into a host for measuring an analyte in the host, the sensor comprising:
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a first working electrode disposed beneath an active enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane and configured to generate a first signal; and a second working electrode disposed beneath an inactive-enzymatic or a non-enzymatic portion of a sensor membrane and configured to generate a second signal, wherein the first and second electroactive surfaces are configured and arranged around a circumference of the sensor along an overlapping length of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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