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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Stephan-Michael Frey, Pfungstadt, DE;
Oliver Kube, Worms, DE;
ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure refers to an implant needle () for introducing an implant into a body of a patient, comprising a receiving portion configured to receive an implant and provided in a hollow needle main body (), and a taper-shaped tip portion (). The taper-shaped tip portion () is further comprising: a first slant surface () contiguous to a first outer peripheral surface () of the hollow needle main body (), wherein the first slant surface () is provided as a first non-cutting edge; a second slant surface () contiguous to a second outer peripheral surface () of the hollow needle main body (), wherein the second slant surface () is provided as a second non-cutting edge; and a pair of sharpened surfaces () symmetric with respect to an edge point () and a longitudinal axis () of the needle main body (), wherein the sharpened surfaces () are both provided with a cutting edge. The first slant surface () comprises a first flank (), and the second slant surface () comprises a second flank (), wherein the first flank () is provided at a first distance from the edge point () and the second flank () is provided at a second distance from the edge point () which is different from the first distance.