Method and apparatus for insertion of a sensor

US9615851B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WAVEFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mark Neinast · Gastonia, US
• Robert L. Bruce · White Plains, US
• W. Kenneth Ward · Portland, US
• Richard G. Sass · Portland, US
• Jon A. Fortuna · Mechanicsburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 11, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/3468
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.