US 12,251,217 B2
Applicator for continuous blood glucose measurement
Kyung Chul Chae, Seongnam-si (KR); Hyun Ho Choi, Seoul (KR); Goang Yel Ryu, Goyang-si (KR); Ji Hoon Wang, Goyang-si (KR); and Young Jea Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to I-SENS, INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/278,269
Filed by I-SENS, INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/007488
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/067628, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0114776 (KR), filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267505 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/14532 (2013.01) [A61B 5/150374 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator for a glucose measurement apparatus configured to outwardly discharge a body attachable unit, the applicator comprising:
a pressure button configured to be pressable by the user;
a locking unit configured to block a mode change of the pressure button or release from the blocking of the mode change and mounted to the pressure button;
a main case to which the pressure button is mounted; and
a plunger body configured to be movable within an inside of the main case,
the pressure button has a first mode, in which press of the pressure button is prevented, and a second mode, in which the press of the pressure button is allowed, and
a press guide groove in which the pressure button is movable is formed at the main case, and a distance between the pressure button and one side surface of the press guide groove facing an upper surface of the pressure button in the second mode is shorter than a distance between the pressure button and the one side surface of the press guide groove facing the upper surface of the pressure button in the first mode.