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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Dexcom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph J. Baker, Vista, CA (US);
Philip Thomas Pupa, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonathan Bodnar, Keller, TX (US);
Jason Halac, San Diego, CA (US);
John Michael Gray, San Diego, CA (US);
Neal Davis Johnston, Dallas, TX (US);
Justen Deering England, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter C. Simpson, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Paul V. Neale, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Blackwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Maria Noel Brown Wells, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Pirondini, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrew Michael Reinhardt, Santee, CA (US);
Mark Douglas Kempkey, Vista, CA (US);
Young Woo Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Warren Terry, Poway, CA (US);
Patrick John Castagna, San Diego, CA (US);
David A. Keller, Encinitas, CA (US);
Randall Scott Koplin, Middleton, WI (US);
Andrew Joncich, Madison, WI (US);
Nirav Bhatt, Irvine, CA (US);
DexCom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
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.