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CANNULA INSERTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH AN INSERTION SET

  • US 20080249471A1
  • Filed: 04/27/2007
  • Published: 10/09/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A cannula insertion device for use with an insertion set, the insertion set including an infuser base and a cannula cartridge, the cannula insertion device comprising:

  • an insertion module including;

    a housing with;

    a housing distal end;

    a housing proximal end; and

    a housing opening extending from the housing distal end to the housing proximal end;

    a plunger disposed at least partially within the housing opening, the plunger including;

    a plunger distal end; and

    a plunger proximal end;

    a cannula insertion needle attached to the distal end of the plunger;

    wherein the distal end of the plunger is configured to releasably retain a cannula cartridge of the infusion set in operative alignment with the cannula insertion needle; and

    wherein the housing distal end is configured to releasably retain an infuser base of the infusion set in operative alignment with the cannula cartridge; and

    wherein the plunger is moveable from a retracted position, wherein a cannula cartridge retained on the plunger distal end is remote from an infuser base releasably retained on the housing distal end, to an advanced position wherein the cannula cartridge is engaged with an infuser base releasably retained on the housing distal end and a cannula of a cannula cartridge has been subcutaneously inserted into an infusion site by the cannula insertion needle.

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