Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture

US11395607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dexcom, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joseph J. Baker · Vista, US
• Philip Thomas Pupa · San Diego, US
• Timothy Joseph Goldsmith · San Diego, US
• Jonathan Bodnar · Keller, US
• Jason Halac · San Diego, US
• John Michael Gray · San Diego, US
• Neal Davis Johnston · Dallas, US
• Justen Deering England · San Francisco, US
• Peter C. Simpson · Irvine, US
• Paul V. Neale · San Diego, US
• Jennifer Blackwell · San Diego, US
• Maria Noel Brown Wells · Vista, US
• Kenneth Pirondini · San Diego, US
• Andrew Michael Reinhardt · Santee, US
• Mark Douglas Kempkey · Vista, US
• Young Woo Lee · Seoul, KR
• Warren Terry · Poway, US
• Patrick John Castagna · San Diego, US
• David A. Keller · Conover, US
• Randall Scott Koplin · Middleton, US
• Andrew Joncich · Madison, US
• Nirav Bhatt · Irvine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 26, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2202/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, a housing configured to house the insertion assembly, the housing comprising an aperture through which the on-skin assembly can pass, an actuation member configured to, upon activation, cause the insertion assembly to insert at least the portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, and a sealing element configured to provide a sterile barrier and a vapor barrier between an internal environment of the housing and an external environment of the housing.