Patent 8452356 was granted and assigned to SRI International on May, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Optical microneedles are adapted for near-infrared or mid-infrared in vivo spectroscopic sensing; and provide a MEMS-based spectrometer for continuous lactate and glucose monitoring by means of a near-infrared or mid-infrared optical microneedle array in a transdermal patch.