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Insertion set for a transcutaneous sensor

  • US 5,954,643 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1997
  • Issued: 09/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1997
  • 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, said mounting base having an upwardly open channel formed therein;

    a flexible sensor having a proximal segment seated within said channel and a distal segment protruding from said mounting base with at least one sensor electrode thereon;

    a retainer cap mounted on said mounting base to close said channel for retaining said sensor proximal segment within said channel; and

    an insertion needle extending through said retainer cap and mounting base, said insertion needle defining means engageable with at least a portion of said sensor distal segment for transcutaneously placing said sensor distal segment and for subcutaneously placing said at least one electrode when said mounting base is placed against a patient'"'"'s skin, said insertion needle being withdrawable from said sensor and said mounting base and retainer cap.

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