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US 12,648,722 B2Granted
Sensor insertion
AssigneePercuSense, Inc.
InventorsKatherine Wolfe, Joseph Ferreira, Ellen Messer, Rajiv Shah, Konrad Chan
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Abstract
An on-body insertion system is described. The on-body system includes a sensor in a first position being substantially parallel to an insertion surface. Activation of an actuator transitions the sensor to a second position. Wherein the transition imparts movement to the sensor that is substantially parallel to the insertion surface and the second position results in the sensing area being beneath the insertion surface.
Claims19
An on-body insertion system, comprising:
- an on-body system containing a sensor in a first position having a distal end being substantially parallel to an insertion surface, manual lateral compression applied to the on-body system transitions the sensor to a second position;
- a sharp being fully contained within the on-body system in the first position,
- wherein the transition imparts movement to the sensor that is substantially parallel to the insertion surface, the second position placing the distal end beneath the insertion surface and the sharp in a sharp safe condition within the on-body system without the use of an energy storage device.
A method of inserting a sensor assembly, comprising:
- applying a manual compression force to translate the sensor assembly from a first position to a second position;
- manually translating between the first position and the second position being performed without the use of a mechanical energy storage device further enabling:
- traversing a proximal end of the sensor assembly from the first position to the second position, the traversing being substantially parallel to the insertion surface;
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- traversing a sharp from a first position fully contained within the sensor assembly to a second position that is a sharp safe condition within the sensor assembly,
- wherein a distal end of the sensor assembly is inserted below the insertion surface when the proximal end of the sensor assembly is in the second position.
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