US Patent Issued to Abbott Diabetes Care on April 15 for "Sensor insertion devices and methods of use" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,548, issued on April 15, was assigned to Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Sensor insertion devices and methods of use" was invented by Gary Ashley Stafford (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic sensor inserter is disclosed for placing a transcutaneous sensor into the skin of a living body. According to aspects of the invention, characteristics of the insertion such as sensor insertion speed may be varied by a user. In some embodiments, insertion speed may be varied by changing an amount of drive spring compression. The amount of spring compression may be selected from a continuous range of settings ...