	US 11,986,614 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); and Joshua Andrew Warner, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to Biolinq Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Biolinq Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,308.
Application 18/139,308 is a continuation of application No. 17/954,289, filed on Sep. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,672,965.
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 2023/0256220 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)

CPC A61M 37/0015 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0061 (2013.01)]

24 Claims

1. A method of applying an analyte monitoring device to a skin surface using an applicator, the method comprising:

applying a distal surface of a cuff of the applicator to the skin surface, wherein the applicator comprises a housing defining a cavity, the cuff, and a shuttle, wherein the cuff and the shuttle are each received within the cavity, wherein the shuttle retains the analyte monitoring device; and

advancing the housing toward the skin surface, wherein advancing the housing moves the housing relative to the cuff and disengages one or more retention features preventing movement of the shuttle independently of the housing, wherein disengagement of the one or more retention features releases the shuttle and advances the shuttle with the analyte monitoring device toward the skin surface, thereby releasing the analyte monitoring device from the shuttle.