US 11,654,270 B2
Microneedle enclosure and applicator device for microneedle array based continuous analyte monitoring device
George Albert Mansfield, III, San Diego, CA (US); David Michael Morelock, Escondido, CA (US); Mark Christopher Brister, San Diego, CA (US); Nathan Thomas Balcom, San Marcos, CA (US); Joshua David Doan, Oceanside, CA (US); Joshua Andrew Warner, Escondido, CA (US); and Paul Daniel Faucher, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to Biolinq Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Biolinq Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,293.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/355,987, filed on Jun. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,293, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,399, filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094419 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 37/0015 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0061 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator for an analyte monitoring device, the applicator comprising:
a housing comprising a body defining a cavity therein and a distal opening;
a cuff slidably received within the cavity and comprising a lumen therethrough;
a shuttle slidably received within the lumen and configured to releasably retain the analyte monitoring device;
a first biasing element arranged between the housing and the cuff;
a second biasing element arranged between the housing and the shuttle;
a microneedle enclosure releasably engaged with the analyte monitoring device and configured to enclose a portion of the analyte monitoring device when engaged, the microneedle enclosure comprising a third biasing element; and
a base releasably engaged with the housing and coupled to the microneedle enclosure.