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US 12,329,522 · App. 17/358,825 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Devices, systems and methods for on-skin or on-body mounting of medical devices

Inventor: Gary Ashley Stafford (Hayward, CA)
Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
A61B5/1473A61B5/14532A61B5/14546A61B5/1459A61B5/6831A61B5/6832
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Patent No.
US 12,329,522
App. No.
17/358,825
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices, systems, methods and kits for releasably mounting a medical device on the body or skin of a user are provided. Embodiments include a holder or mounting unit or structure that retains a medical device in a fixed position on a body part of a user or host, such as on the surface of the skin, and/or provides physical and/or electrical coupling to one or more additional components which may be operatively positioned above and/or below the surface of the skin.

Claims (42)

1. A glucose monitoring system comprising:

a partially implantable glucose sensor comprising:

an in vivo portion positionable within a body of a user, and

an ex vivo portion positionable outside the body of the user and configured to be coupled with a medical device;

the medical device configured to receive data from the partially implantable glucose sensor; and

a holder comprising a support body and an adhesive member configured to secure the support body to skin of the user,

wherein the holder further comprises a conductive portion configured to electrically contact a corresponding conductive portion of the glucose sensor,

wherein the support body comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the support body is mateable with the medical device, wherein the support body further comprises at least one opening configured to mate with at least one corresponding tab of the medical device to secure the medical device to the support body,

wherein the support body further comprises a frangible connection between the first portion and the second portion, and

wherein the support body is configured to release the medical device after the frangible connection is broken to separate the first portion from the second portion.

2. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the holder further comprises one or more moisture barriers configured to encompass an area proximate to the corresponding conductive portion of the glucose sensor.

3. The glucose monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more moisture barriers comprise an elastomeric material.

4. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the conductive portion of the holder is further configured to electrically contact a corresponding conductive portion of the medical device.

5. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein a height of the frangible connection is less than a height of the first portion, and

wherein the height of the frangible connection is less than a height of the second portion.

6. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the medical device comprises a housing and data processing and communication electronics disposed therein, and

wherein the data processing and communication electronics includes a power supply, a data storage unit, and a transmitter configured to communicate data indicative of a glucose level of the user to a remotely located device.

7. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the second portion comprises an aperture in a bottom surface.

8. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first portion of the support body is on the adhesive member and a surface of the second portion of the support body is on the adhesive member.

9. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the support body is configured to hold a second portion of the medical device.

10. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the support body further comprises a gripping portion configured to enable the second portion of the support body to be displaced relative to the first portion of the support body.

11. The glucose monitoring system of claim 10 , wherein the gripping portion is disposed on the second portion of the support body.

12. The glucose monitoring system of claim 10 , wherein the first portion and the second portion remain on the adhesive member after the second portion is displaced relative to the first portion.

13. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the support body is configured such that the medical device can be removed from the support body by pulling the medical device in a direction parallel with the adhesive member and away from the first portion.

14. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises a rounded end abutment wall configured to support the medical device.

15. The glucose monitoring system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one opening of the support body is disposed on the rounded end abutment wall.

16. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the frangible connection comprises two breakable edge portions of the support body.

17. The glucose monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the support body comprises a secured state and a released state,

wherein, in the secured state, a surface of the first portion in contact with the adhesive member is in a same plane as a surface of the second portion in contact with the adhesive member, and

wherein, in the released state, the second portion is displaced relative to the same plane.

18. A glucose monitoring system comprising:

a partially implantable glucose sensor comprising:

an in vivo portion positionable within a body of a user, and

an ex vivo portion positionable outside the body of the user and configured to be coupled with a medical device;

the medical device configured to receive data from the partially implantable glucose sensor; and

a holder comprising a support body and an adhesive member configured to secure the support body to skin of the user,

wherein the holder further comprises a conductive portion configured to electrically contact a corresponding conductive portion of the glucose sensor,

wherein the support body comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the support body is mateable with the medical device, wherein the first portion comprises a rounded end abutment wall configured to support the medical device,

wherein the support body further comprises a frangible connection between the first portion and the second portion, and

wherein the support body is configured to release the medical device after the frangible connection is broken to separate the first portion from the second portion.

19. A glucose monitoring system of claim 18 , wherein the first portion and the second portion remain on the adhesive member after the second portion is displaced relative to the first portion.

20. A glucose monitoring system of claim 19 , wherein displacement of the second portion of the support body relative to the first portion of the support body comprises bending the adhesive member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: STAFFORD, GARY ASHLEY
To: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16049091 · Jul 30, 2018
Continuation 14040674 · Sep 28, 2013
Continuation In Part 13171401 · Jun 28, 2011
Provisional Application 61359816 · Jun 29, 2010
Related Publication 20210321913A1 · Oct 21, 2021
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