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Analyte sensor introducer and methods of use

  • US 7,731,657 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2005
  • Issued: 06/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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