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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:

Dexcom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Sean Frick, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

DexCom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/688 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various examples are described for needle alignment for wearable biosensors. One example device includes a housing comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the housing defining a cavity between the upper portion and the lower portion and configured to be worn on a wearer's skin, wherein: the upper portion defines a first opening extending through the upper portion to the cavity, and the lower portion defines a second opening extending through the lower portion to the cavity, the cavity establishing a substantially unobstructed pathway including the first opening and the second opening to enable an insertion needle to be inserted through the housing; and a needle guide extending into and along a portion of the pathway and aligned with a sensor wire to enable alignment between the insertion needle and the sensor wire.


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