Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus for inserting both an infusion device for supplying a fluid to a body of a user, and a sensor comprising a sensor electrode for monitoring a body characteristic of the user at an infusion site, the apparatus comprising:
- a bridge comprising an infusion device end and a sensor end;
an infusion device introduction needle attached to the infusion device end;
a sensor introduction needle, the sensor introduction needle attached to the sensor end;
an infusion device, operatively coupled to the infusion device introduction needle;
a sensor operatively coupled to the sensor introduction needle;
an infusion device release for releasing the infusion device from the infusion device introduction needle; and
a sensor release for releasing the sensor from the sensor introduction needle,wherein the infusion device and the sensor are disposed on the bridge wherein they operatively engage and disengage from the bridge.
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Abstract
An apparatus for inserting an infusion device for supplying a fluid to a body of a user, and a sensor for monitoring a body characteristic of the user, the apparatus including a bridge including a rigid body and comprising an infusion device end and a sensor end, the bridge further including an infusion device introduction needle attached to the infusion device end, a sensor introduction needle, the sensor introduction needle attached to the sensor end, an infusion device, operatively coupled to the infusion device introduction needle, for infusing a fluid to an infusion site, and a sensor introduction needle operatively coupled to an electrochemical sensor having a sensor electrode for determining at least one body characteristic of the patient at a sensor placement site, an infusion device release for releasing the infusion device from the infusion device introduction needle, and a sensor release for releasing the sensor from the sensor introduction needle.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for inserting both an infusion device for supplying a fluid to a body of a user, and a sensor comprising a sensor electrode for monitoring a body characteristic of the user at an infusion site, the apparatus comprising:
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a bridge comprising an infusion device end and a sensor end; an infusion device introduction needle attached to the infusion device end; a sensor introduction needle, the sensor introduction needle attached to the sensor end; an infusion device, operatively coupled to the infusion device introduction needle; a sensor operatively coupled to the sensor introduction needle; an infusion device release for releasing the infusion device from the infusion device introduction needle; and a sensor release for releasing the sensor from the sensor introduction needle, wherein the infusion device and the sensor are disposed on the bridge wherein they operatively engage and disengage from the bridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for insertion of an infusion device and an electrochemical sensor comprising a sensor electrode that monitors a body characteristic of a user, the method comprising using an insertion apparatus comprising:
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a bridge; an infusion device introduction needle attached to the bridge, wherein the infusion device introduction needle is removably coupled to an infusion device that supplies a fluid to the user at an infusion site; a sensor introduction needle attached to and extending from the bridge and removably coupled to an electrochemical sensor; an infusion device release for releasing the infusion device from the infusion device introduction needle; and a sensor release for releasing the electrochemical sensor from the sensor introduction needle, wherein the infusion device and the sensor are disposed on the bridge wherein they operatively engage and disengage from the bridge. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for inserting both an infusion device for supplying a fluid to a body of a user at an infusion site, and a sensor for monitoring a body characteristic of the user, the apparatus comprising:
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a bridge comprising an infusion device end and a sensor end; an infusion device introduction needle attached to the infusion device end; a sensor introduction needle, the sensor introduction needle attached to the sensor end; an infusion device, operatively coupled to the infusion device introduction needle; a sensor having a sensor electrode operatively coupled to the sensor introduction needle; an infusion device release for releasing the infusion device from the infusion device introduction needle; and a sensor release for releasing the sensor from the sensor introduction needle, wherein the infusion device and the sensor are disposed on the bridge wherein they operatively engage and disengage from the bridge, and wherein the infusion device introduction needle and sensor introduction needle remain attached to the bridge. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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