Analyte sensor introducer and methods of use
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1. An integrated transmitter mount, comprising:
- a housing for placement on a skin layer;
an introducer disposed within the housing and including a body portion, and a shaft portion extending substantially from an edge of the body portion, the shaft portion including a tapered end and an upper fold segment, the shaft portion retaining a sensor, and further, the tapered end guiding the sensor through the skin layer during sensor insertion and the upper fold segment limiting the movement of the sensor when the sensor is guided through the skin layer, the introducer retained within the housing after retraction from the skin layer and sensor insertion through the skin layer; and
a drive mechanism detachably coupled to the housing to provide insertion force to the introducer during sensor insertion, the drive mechanism detached from the housing after the sensor is guided through the skin layer and the introducer is positioned within the housing.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for providing an introducer for transcutaneous placement of at least a portion of an analyte sensor through the skin of a patient is provided.
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1. An integrated transmitter mount, comprising:
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a housing for placement on a skin layer; an introducer disposed within the housing and including a body portion, and a shaft portion extending substantially from an edge of the body portion, the shaft portion including a tapered end and an upper fold segment, the shaft portion retaining a sensor, and further, the tapered end guiding the sensor through the skin layer during sensor insertion and the upper fold segment limiting the movement of the sensor when the sensor is guided through the skin layer, the introducer retained within the housing after retraction from the skin layer and sensor insertion through the skin layer; and a drive mechanism detachably coupled to the housing to provide insertion force to the introducer during sensor insertion, the drive mechanism detached from the housing after the sensor is guided through the skin layer and the introducer is positioned within the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An inserter kit, comprising:
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a transmitter mount housing; a sensor provided within the housing; an introducer coupled to the sensor and provided within the housing, the introducer including; a body portion; and a shaft portion extending substantially from an edge of the body portion, the shaft portion including a tapered end and an upper fold segment, the shaft portion retaining the sensor, and the tapered end guiding the sensor through a skin layer of a patient, the upper fold segment limiting the movement of the sensor when the sensor is guided through the skin layer, the body portion and the shaft portion retained within the transmitter mount housing after sensor positioning; a drive mechanism detachably coupled to the housing to drive at least a section of the shaft portion through the skin layer, the drive mechanism retracting the at least the section of the shaft portion of the introducer out of the patient, the drive mechanism detached from the housing after the introducer is retained within the housing; wherein at least a portion of the sensor is placed subcutaneously when the at least the section of the shaft portion of the introducer is retracted from the skin layer such that the sensor is substantially in fluid contact with an analyte of the patient.
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