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Subcutaneous sensor inserter and method

  • US 10,335,066 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2015
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A continuous analyte monitoring inserter apparatus for subcutaneous placement of a sensor into a patient, the apparatus comprising:

  • an inserter assembly comprising;

    a housing body having a first body end and a second body end;

    a deployment button partially disposed and slidable within the housing body through the first body end, the deployment button being movable into the housing body from a first position to a second locked position;

    a deployment mechanism slidably disposed within the deployment button and movable between a ready position, an insertion position and a retracted position, the deployment mechanism having a needle; and

    a sensor deployment assembly having a sensor deployment body with a resilient deployment body catch thereon, the sensor deployment assembly disposed within the housing body and removably mated with the deployment mechanism, the sensor deployment assembly having a sensor partially disposed within the needle of the deployment mechanism wherein the deployment button, the deployment mechanism and the sensor deployment assembly are adapted to all move linearly together; and

    a sensor housing having a base catch surface for receiving and retaining the resilient deployment body catch of the sensor deployment body when the deployment button is moved from the first position to the second locked position, the sensor housing being partially disposed within and removably retained in the second body end of the housing body;

    wherein the inserter assembly is adapted to substantially simultaneously;

    implant the sensor subcutaneously into the patient, retract the needle, fix the sensor deployment assembly within the sensor housing, engage a release surface of the deployment button with a locking mechanism on the housing body of the inserter assembly, and thereby release the inserter assembly from the sensor housing with a single activation of the deployment button caused by moving the deployment button from the first position to the second position.

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