公开(公告)号：US20200330005A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16854337

申请日：2020-04-21

Applicant: DexCom, Inc.

Inventor： John Charles Barry ,  Patrick John Castagna ,  Scott Alexander Fall ,  David A. Keller ,  Mark Douglas Kempkey ,  Kyle Thomas Stewart ,  Nicole Marie Weikert ,  Craig Thomas Gadd

IPC: A61B5/1468

Abstract: Various analyte sensing apparatuses and associated housings are provided. Some apparatuses comprise one or more caps. Some apparatuses comprise a two-part adhesive patch. Some apparatuses comprise one or more sensor bends configured to locate and/or hold a sensor in place during mounting. Some apparatuses utilize one or more dams and/or wells to retain epoxy for securing a sensor. Some apparatuses utilize a pocket and one or more adjacent areas and various transitions for preventing epoxy from wicking to undesired areas of the apparatus. Some apparatuses include heat-sealable thermoplastic elastomers for welding a cap to the apparatus. Related methods of fabricating such apparatuses and/or housings are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20180368772A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US16016491

申请日：2018-06-22

Applicant: DexCom, Inc.

Inventor： John Michael Gray ,  Jennifer Blackwell ,  Paul V. Neale ,  Justen Deering England ,  Andrew Joncich ,  Cameron Brock ,  Peter C. Simpson ,  Thomas Metzmaker ,  Neel Narayan Shah ,  Mark Douglas Kempkey ,  Patrick John Castagna ,  Warren Terry ,  Jason Halac ,  Christian Michael Andre George ,  Daniel E. Apacible ,  John Charles Barry ,  Maria Noel Brown Wells ,  Kenneth Pirondini ,  Andrew Michael Reinhardt ,  Jason C. Wong ,  Remy E. Gagnon ,  David DeRenzy ,  Randall Scott Koplin ,  Alan Baldwin ,  Young Woo Lee ,  David A. Keller ,  Louise Emma van den Heuvel ,  Carol Wood Sutherland

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/145

Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to applicators of on-skin sensor assemblies for measuring an analyte in a host, as well as their method of use and manufacture. In some aspects, an applicator for applying an on-skin sensor assembly to a skin of a host is provided. The applicator includes an applicator housing, a needle carrier assembly comprising an insertion element configured to insert a sensor of the on-skin sensor assembly into the skin of the host, a holder releasably coupled to the needle carrier assembly and configured to guide the on-skin sensor assembly while coupled to the needle carrier assembly, and a drive assembly configured to drive the insertion element from a proximal starting position to a distal insertion position, and from the distal insertion position to a proximal retraction position.