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Method and kit for supplying a fluid to a subcutaneous placement site

  • US 6,254,586 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/1999
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of supplying a fluid to a placement site, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) mounting a sensor set onto a skin of a user and contacting a placement site with the sensor set, the sensor set including;

    i) a base to secure the sensor set to the skin of the user;

    ii) a cannula coupled to and extending from the base, wherein the cannula has at least one lumen with an end for fluid communication with the placement site, wherein the cannula also has at least one port formed near another end of the lumen opposite the end for fluid communication;

    iii) an insertion device operatively coupled to the sensor set and the cannula to facilitate insertion of the cannula to contact the placement site;

    iv) an externally extending conduit in fluid communication with the at least one port of the cannula; and

    v) a sensor having a sensor portion exposed by the at least one port in the at least one lumen of the cannula to determine a body characteristic of the user at the placement site; and

    b) introducing a fluid through the externally extending conduit and the lumen to the placement site.

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