US 12,329,540 B2
Sensor applicator assembly for continuous glucose monitoring system
Kyung Chul Chae, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyun Ho Choi, Seoul (KR); Goang Yel Ryu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ji Hoon Wang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Young Jea Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to I-SENS, INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by I-SENS, INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,995.
Application 17/940,995 is a continuation of application No. 16/618,361, granted, now 11,484,266, previously published as PCT/KR2018/006314, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0068964 (KR), filed on Jun. 2, 2017; and application No. 10-2018-0063369 (KR), filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000438 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/155 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/68335 (2017.08) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/150244 (2013.01); A61B 5/150847 (2013.01); A61B 5/150969 (2013.01); A61B 5/155 (2013.01); A61B 5/6832 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 5/6849 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0443 (2013.01); A61B 2560/045 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor module configured to be attachable to a body of a user, the sensor module comprising:
a sensor probe, wherein at least a part of the sensor probe is insertable into the body of the user;
a sensor housing coupled with the sensor probe to support the sensor probe; and
a needle unit covering at least a part of the sensor probe and separably coupled to the sensor housing to be insertable into the body of the user together with the sensor probe,
wherein the needle unit comprises a needle head,
a groove is formed at one of the sensor housing and the needle head, and a protrusion engaged with the groove is formed at a remaining other of the sensor housing and the needle head, and
the needle unit is configured to be insertable into the body in a state that the needle unit is coupled to the sensor housing such that the protrusion is engaged with the groove, and
wherein the needle unit is withdrawn from the body of the user after the sensor probe is inserted into the body of the user.