US 12,239,463 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for analyte sensor insertion
Vivek S. Rao, Alameda, CA (US); Anthony Lin Chern, Alameda, CA (US); Phillip W. Carter, Oakland, CA (US); Joshua Lindsay, Woodside, CA (US); Tuan Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US); and Vincent M. DiPalma, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC., Alameda, CA (US)
Filed by ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC., Alameda, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,043.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,743, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167919 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6847 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0443 (2013.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a reusable applicator configured to insert at least a portion of an analyte sensor under a skin surface and in contact with a bodily fluid, the reusable applicator comprising:
a housing;
an actuator disposed on a proximal end of the housing and configured to move in a distal direction relative to the housing;
a sharp carrier releasably coupled with a sharp module;
a reusable applicator base releasably engaged with a disposable sensor carrier, the disposable sensor carrier configured to releasably retain a sensor control device; and
the sensor control device comprising the analyte sensor,
wherein the sensor control device is configured to advance in the distal direction from a first position within the reusable applicator to a second position adjacent to the skin surface after application of a first force on the actuator, and
wherein the reusable applicator is further configured to eject the disposable sensor carrier and the sharp module therefrom in response to application of a second force on a proximal end of the actuator.