INSERTION DEVICE FOR AN INSERTION SET AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

• US 20110257597A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: April A. Marano, Jason H. Safabash, Jeffery V. Funderburk, Jeffrey F. Field, Randy W. Adair, Susan M. Mcconnell
• Original Assignee: April A. Marano, Jason H. Safabash, Jeffery V. Funderburk, Jeffrey F. Field, Randy W. Adair, Susan M. Mcconnell
• Inventors: Field, Jeffrey F., SAFABASH, JASON H., McConnell, Susan M., Marano, April A., Funderburk, Jeffery V., Adair, Randy W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,628,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/164.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1583 Needle extractors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1585 Needle inserters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3249 Means to disalign the needle tip and the distal needle passage of a needle protection sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0606 "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

An insertion device and insertion set. The insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member of an insertion set through the skin of a patient includes a device housing, a carrier body and a driver. The carrier body is slidably received within the device housing for movement between an advanced position and a retracted position. The carrier body also includes a receiving structure to support the insertion set in a position with the at least one piercing member oriented for insertion through the skin of the patient at a predetermined angle relative to the skin of the patient upon movement of the carrier body from the retracted position to the advanced position. The driver is operatively coupled between the device housing and the carrier body to urge the carrier body with a controlled force and speed from the retracted position toward the advanced position to place at least a portion of the at least one piercing member of the insertion set thorough the skin of the patient to install the insertion set to the patient. The receiving structure of the carrier body is removable from the insertion set while maintaining the installation of the insertion set to the patient.

Claims

1-37. -37. (canceled)

38. An insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member through the skin of a patient, the insertion device comprising:

a device housing;

a carrier body slidably received within the device housing for movement between an advanced position and a retracted position, the carrier body including a receiving structure to support an insertion set in a position with the at least one piercing member oriented for insertion through the skin of the patient at a predetermined angle relative to the skin of the patient upon movement of the carrier body from the retracted position to the advanced position, wherein the carrier body is shipped with the insertion set pre-installed; and

a driver operatively coupled between the device housing and the carrier body to urge the carrier body with a controlled force and speed from the retracted position toward the advanced position to place at least a portion of the at least one piercing member through the skin of the patient to install the insertion set to the patient,

wherein the receiving structure of the carrier body is removable from the insertion set while maintaining installation of the insertion set to the patient, and the insertion set is left on the skin of the patient without the piercing member by removing the insertion device from the skin of the patient, the insertion device being engaged to the at least one piercing member to withdraw the at least one piercing member from the insertion set.