Device for positioning a probe in living tissue
AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorMarcel Hunn
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Abstract
A device for positioning a probe in living tissue, the device including a casing having an underside for positioning on the tissue, the probe, which can be moved relative to the casing beyond the underside in an insertion direction to be inserted into the tissue, and a signal means carried by the casing such that it can be moved in the insertion direction to an end position, wherein the signal means slaves the probe when moving in the insertion direction.
Claims26
A device for positioning a probe in living tissue, the device comprising:
- an insertion aid movable in an insertion direction and a retraction direction;
- a casing having an underside for positioning on the tissue;
- a probe that is movable relative to the casing beyond the underside in the insertion direction;
- an electronics unit slidably mounted to the casing, wherein the casing guides movement of the electronics unit in the insertion direction, and wherein the electronics unit has a transmitter, a signal memory and/or a processor;
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- a connector between the electronics unit and the probe, the connector mechanically and electrically connecting the electronics unit to the probe;
- wherein, during movement of the electronics unit in the insertion direction, a force is transmitted from the electronics unit through the connector to move the probe in the insertion direction to be inserted into the tissue, and wherein the probe remains fixed to the electronics unit when the insertion aid is moved in the retraction direction.
A method of positioning a probe in living tissue, the method comprising:
- providing a casing;
- providing an electronics unit that is connected to the probe and is slidably mounted to the casing, the electronics unit having a transmitter, a signal memory and/or a processor;
- mechanically and electrically connecting the electronics unit to the probe with a connector;
- positioning an underside of the casing on the tissue;
- using an insertion aid to move the electronics unit in an insertion direction, the electronics unit being guided by the casing;
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- transmitting a force from the electronics unit through the connector to move the probe in the insertion direction into the tissue, whereby the probe is inserted into the tissue using the electronics unit;
- wherein the probe remains fixed to the electronics unit after retraction of the insertion aid.
A device for positioning a probe in living tissue, the device comprising:
- a casing having an underside for positioning on the tissue;
- a probe that is movable relative to the casing beyond the underside in an insertion direction;
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- an electronics unit slidably mounted to the casing, wherein the casing guides movement of the electronics unit in the insertion direction, wherein the electronics unit has a transmitter, a signal memory and/or a processor, and wherein the electronics unit is housed in a carrier having an opening in the insertion direction through which the probe protrudes when inserted in the tissue;
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- a connector between the electronics unit and the probe, the connector mechanically and electrically connecting the electronics unit to the probe;
- wherein, during movement of the electronics unit in the insertion direction, a force is transmitted from the electronics unit through the connector to move the probe in the insertion direction to be inserted into the tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.