US 11,806,139 B2
Sensor insertion
Katherine Wolfe, Dunwoody, GA (US); Joseph Ferreira, Seattle, WA (US); Ellen Messer, Pasadena, CA (US); Rajiv Shah, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); and Konrad Chan, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to PercuSense, Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by PercuSense, Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/085,289.
Application 17/085,289 is a continuation of application No. 15/816,549, filed on Nov. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,849,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,432, filed on Oct. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,293, filed on Oct. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/524,416, filed on Jun. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/521,985, filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,942, filed on Mar. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045661 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/1473 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1473 (2013.01) [A61B 5/145 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertion system, comprising:
a sensor configured to create its own wound channel having a proximal end and a distal end, where, in a first position, the proximal end and the distal end are substantially parallel to an insertion surface;
a sharp, in the first position, being positioned above the insertion surface;
a stationary deflector surface,
wherein the sensor transitions to a second position and, during the transition, movement is imparted to the sensor in a direction substantially parallel to the insertion surface causing the distal end to contact the stationary deflector surface, the transition includes negligible vertical movement of the proximal end throughout the transition, and cooperative insertion of the sensor and the sharp places the distal end beneath the insertion surface.