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Transcutaneous sensor insertion set

  • US 5,568,806 A
  • Filed: 02/16/1995
  • Issued: 10/29/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transcutaneous sensor insertion set, comprising:

  • a mounting base adapted for mounting onto a patient'"'"'s skin;

    a flexible sensor having a proximal segment carried by said mounting base, and a distal segment protruding from said mounting base and having at least one sensor electrode thereon;

    a hollow cannula having a window formed therein;

    cooperative mount means on said mounting base and said cannula for supporting said cannula from said mounting base to protrude therefrom with said sensor distal segment received therein and with said cannula in a predetermined orientation relative to said mounting base for positioning said window formed in said cannula generally in alignment with said at least one sensor electrode; and

    an insertion needle carried by said mounting base to protrude therefrom through said cannula whereby said sensor distal segment is interposed and supported between said needle and an interior wall surface of said cannula, said insertion needle being slidably withdrawable from said mounting base and said cannula to leave said sensor distal segment within said cannula.

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