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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre Cole, Tracy, CA (US);
Peter Voit, Dublin, CA (US);
Edward Kupa, Alameda, CA (US);
Matthew Simmons, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Steven Mitchell, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Timothy Frederick Smith, San Ramon, CA (US);
Vivek Rao, Alameda, CA (US);
Peter Robinson, Alamo, CA (US);
Theodore Kunich, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph San Nicolas, Reno, NV (US);
Louis Pace, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steve Nierlich, Berkley, CA (US);
Dharmendra Patel, Oxfordshire, GB;
Thomas Michael Meyer, Fremont, CA (US);
Byron J. Lambert, Temecula, CA (US);
Stephen T. Pudjijanto, San Ramon, CA (US);
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC., Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes assembling a sensor subassembly that includes a sensor, a sensor mount, a collar, a sharp, and a sensor cap. The method includes loading a sensor in a sensor mount; dispensing adhesive into a mount channel of the sensor mount; clamping a collar to the sensor mount; and curing the adhesive to fix the collar to the sensor mount. The method can also include inserting a sharp into the sensor mount over the sensor an attaching a sensor cap to the sensor and sensor sharp to provide a sealed sensor subassembly. Methods of assembling an on-body sensor puck assembly and an applicator assembly, and a sensor including a tail, a flag, and a neck that interconnects the tail and the flag and methods of configuring a sensor are also disclosed.