Continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a continuous glucose monitoring device, in which a body attachment unit is manufactured so as to be assembled in an applicator, thereby minimizing additional work for a user in attaching the body attachment unit to a body, and allowing attachment of the body attachment unit to the body simply by operation of the applicator. In particular, a wireless communication chip is provided in the body attachment unit to enable communication with an external terminal, thereby enabling simple and convenient use without additional work of connecting a separate transmitter, and allowing easier maintenance. In addition, the continuous glucose monitoring device is activated by a user's operation after the body attachment unit is attached to the body, such that an activation start time can be adjusted to a time appropriate to the user's needs, and the continuous glucose monitoring device can be activated in a stabilized state, and thereby can monitor blood glucose more accurately.
1 . A continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus, comprising:
a body attachable unit configured to measure blood glucose;
an applicator comprising a main case and a plunger body disposed inside the main case, and configured to move the plunger body from a first location to a second location to attach the body attachable unit to a human body; and
an adhesive layer attached to a lower surface of the body attachable unit to attach the lower surface of the body attachable unit to the human body,
wherein the body attachable unit is coupled to one end of the plunger body in a state that the plunger body is in the first location,
wherein the adhesive layer attached to the lower surface of the body attachable unit is spaced apart from the human body in a state that the plunger body is in the first location,
wherein the body attachable unit and the adhesive layer are configured to be downwardly moved together with the plunger body to be attached to the human body as the plunger body is moved from the first location to the second location,
wherein the main case comprises a return prevention unit configured to, after the plunger body is moved to the second location, block returning movement of the plunger body moving to return to the first location,
wherein the return prevention unit comprises:
an interlocking body formed at one side of the plunger body; and
a return prevention hook formed at the main case to prevent the returning movement of the plunger body by being engaged with an upper portion of the interlocking body when movement of the plunger body from the first location to the second location is completed.
2 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a press button is mounted to one side of the main case,
wherein the plunger body is configured to be engagedly fixed at the first location inside the main case, and move to the second location by being released from fixation at the first location according to manipulation of the press button, and
wherein the applicator further comprises a plunger elastic spring configured to apply an elastic force to the plunger body so that the plunger body moves from the first location to the second location.
3 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the return prevention hook is engaged by an elastic restoration force in a process of being engaged with the interlocking body.
4 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the main case comprises
an outer case, wherein the press button is mounted to one side of the outer case, and an inner case coupled to an inside of the outer case and configured to guide a movement path of the plunger body, and
the return prevention hook is formed at the inner case.
5 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein an end of the plunger body is further protruded than an end of the main case in a state that the plunger body is moved from the first location to the second location.
6 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an end of the body attachable unit is further protruded than an end of the main case in a state that the body attachable unit is moved to the second location together with the plunger body.
7 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
a protection cap is separably coupled to the applicator to block exposure of the body attachable unit from an outside of the applicator in a state that the body attachable unit is inserted into an inside of the applicator, and
a release paper is attached to a lower surface of the adhesive layer which is configured to be contacted with the human body so that the body attachable unit is configured to be attached to the human body, and the release paper is configured to be separated and removed from the lower surface of the adhesive layer together with the protection cap in a process of separating the protection cap from the applicator.
8 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the applicator and the body attachable unit are manufactured to be assembled as one unit product in a state that the body attachable unit is inserted to an inside of the applicator, and
the body attachable unit comprises a sensor unit, wherein one end portion of the sensor unit is insertable into the body, and a wireless communication chip configured to wireless communicate with an external terminal.
9 . The continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus of claim 2 , wherein:
a shooting plate configured to be movable according to press manipulation of the press button is coupled in the main case, and
the plunger body is configured to be engagedly fixed by being engaged with the shooting plate at the first location and be released from engagement with the shooting plate according to movement of the shooting plate.