Removable wearable device and related attachment methods
AssigneeMedtronic MiniMed, Inc.
InventorsEllis Garai, Ravi R. Deverkadra, Jacob E. Pananen
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Abstract
Removable devices wearable on a user's skin and methods for using such devices are provided. An exemplary removable device includes a skin adhesive configured to adhere to the skin, a durable component, and an interface component interconnecting the durable component and the skin adhesive. The device separates at the interface component to remove the durable component from the skin adhesive upon application of a removal force to the device.
Claims20
A removable device wearable on a user's skin, the device comprising:
- a skin adhesive configured to adhere to the skin with a first adhesive force;
- a durable component comprising a top side having an opening;
- a substrate comprising and end portion;
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- an interface component adhering the durable component to the skin adhesive with a second adhesive force, wherein the first force is greater than the second force such that the device separates at the interface component to remove the durable component from the skin adhesive upon application of a removal force to the device while the skin adhesive is adhered to the skin, wherein the end portion of the substrate having an opening that aligns with the opening on the top side of the durable component when the end portion of the substrate is attached to the top side of the durable component.
A removable device wearable on a user's skin, the device comprising:
- a skin adhesive configured to adhere to the skin;
- a durable component having a top side and a bottom side;
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- an interface component interconnecting the durable component and the skin adhesive such that the device separates at the interface component to remove the durable component from the skin adhesive upon application of a removal force to the device while the skin adhesive is adhered to the skin, the interface component comprising a substrate having a main portion under the bottom side of the durable component and an end portion that is removably attached to the top side of the durable component, wherein the end portion of the substrate provides a tab for a user to grasp for application of the removal force to the device, wherein the end portion of the substrate having an opening that aligns with an opening on the top side of the durable component when the end portion of the substrate is attached to the top side of the durable component.
A method of making a removable device to be worn on a user's skin, the method comprising:
- providing a durable component comprising a top side having an opening;
- providing a skin adhesive to adhere to the skin with a first adhesive force;
- providing a substrate comprising an end portion;
- arranging an interface component between the durable component and the skin adhesive, the interface component adhering the durable component to the skin adhesive with a second adhesive force, wherein the first force is greater than the second force such that the device separates at the interface component to remove the durable component from the skin adhesive upon application of a removal force to the device while the skin adhesive is adhered to the skin;
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- aligning an opening of the end portion of the substrate with the opening on the top side of the durable component when the end portion of the substrate is attached to the top side of the durable component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.