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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2021
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Matthew William Yavorsky, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a detachable insertion mechanism that includes a torsion spring configured to impart rotational motion to a rotatable assembly and rotate the rotatable assembly between a first position and a second position in response to the rotational motion and a piston mechanism connected to a distal portion of the torsion spring and configured to move from a first insertion position to a second insertion position in response to the motion of the rotatable assembly. The piston mechanism includes a captive introducer needle disposed thereon. The captive introducer needle is configured to pierce tissue.