ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,831, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Konamite Ltd. (Dublin).
"System, method and apparatus for sensor insertion" was invented by Robert Bruce (Beaverton, Ore.), David Kreitlow (Aloha, Ore.), Isaac Federiuk (Tigard, Ore.), Ryan Polcin (Somerset, Wis.), Dennis Slomski (Tualatin, Ore.), Eric Ward (Portland, Ore.) and Mihai Resch (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a sensor insertion tool (SIT) that provides a motive force for insertion of an analyte sensor into/through skin. A SIT may be releasably locked to one or more components of a sensor insertion system, such that components of the sensor inserti...