PORTABLE INFUSION PUMP WITH CANNULA INSERTER AND PAIN REDUCTION MECHANISM
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Abstract
An apparatus for insertion of a subcutaneously insertable element within a body of a patient is described: The apparatus is used for delivery of a therapeutic fluid into a body of a patient and/or sensing of a bodily analyte The apparatus allows alleviating of pain associated with the penetrating of the skin of the patient during needle insertion.
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61 Claims
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39. A system for delivery of a therapeutic fluid to a body of a patient and/or for sensing of a bodily analyte comprising:
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a device suitable for at least one of delivery of the therapeutic fluid and sensing of the bodily analyte, the device including a skin adherable portion having an opening through which a subcutaneously insertable element and a penetrating member are capable of being protracted to penetrate a skin of the patient; and an insertion apparatus removably coupleable to the skin adherable portion of the device, the insertion apparatus comprising; a housing adapted for accommodating therein at least one penetrating cartridge including the subcutaneously insertable element and the penetrating member; a displacement mechanism configured to protract the penetrating cartridge towards the body of the patient; wherein protraction of the penetrating cartridge results in penetration of the skin by the penetrating member and insertion of at least the subcutaneously insertable element into the body of the patient; wherein at least one of the insertion apparatus and the skin adherable portion of the device includes at least one pain reduction mechanism for alleviating pain associated with the penetrating of the skin by the subcutaneously insertable element and the penetrating member. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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