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US 2025/0152807 A1Published application
Automated insertion assembly
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorRichard J. Lanigan
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Abstract
An automated insertion assembly includes a first dermal perforation assembly configured to releasably engage a first subdermal device. A first actuation assembly is configured to drive the first dermal perforation assembly into a user's skin to a first depth and drive the first subdermal device into the user's skin to a second depth. The second depth is greater than the first depth.
Claims15
An automated insertion system comprising:
- a cartridge assembly comprising:
- a toothed track;
- a toothless track;
- and
- at least one dermal perforation assembly having an interior passage configured to releasably engage at least a portion of a subdermal device therein;
- and
- an actuation assembly configured to drive the at least one dermal perforation assembly a predetermined distance, the actuation assembly comprising:
- a drive gear set comprising an uppermost gear, the drive gear set for engaging the cartridge assembly;
- an actuator;
- and
- a torsion spring,
- wherein when an uppermost gear of the drive gear set is engaged with the toothed track of the cartridge assembly, the actuator is raised and the torsion spring is wound,
- wherein after the at least one dermal perforation assembly is driven the predetermined distance, an uppermost gear of the drive gear set is seated in the toothless groove.
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