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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2009
Colin A. Chong, Burbank, CA (US);
Eric M. Lorenzen, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Rafael Bikovsky, Oak Park, PA (US);
Arsen Ibranyan, Glendale, CA (US);
Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, CA (US);
Colin A. Chong, Burbank, CA (US);
Eric M. Lorenzen, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Rafael Bikovsky, Oak Park, PA (US);
Arsen Ibranyan, Glendale, CA (US);
Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, CA (US);
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A first device housing may be configured to be operatively engaged with and disengaged from a base carried by a user and may include a first carrier body arranged for movement at least between a refracted position and an advanced position. The first carrier body may support a piercing member for insertion through skin of the patient. A second device housing may be configured to be operatively engaged with and disengaged from the first device housing and may include a second carrier body operatively connectable with the first carrier body and arranged for movement at least between a retracted position and an advanced position. A driver in the second device housing may be arranged to move the first carrier body toward the advanced position to insert at least a portion of the piercing member through skin of the patient.