Patent ID: 11890088
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An insertion monitor, comprising:
a housing adapted to be positioned on a subject's skin adjacent an insertion site, and having a recess receiving a spring loaded collar, and receiving a cannula, catheter or probe;
the cannula, catheter or probe having a distal end with a sharpened tip and a proximal end fixed in the housing;
the spring loaded collar comprising a collar surrounding the cannula, catheter or probe, and a spring positioned between the recess in the housing and the collar for sliding the collar along the cannula, catheter or probe under bias of the spring;
a sensor detecting when the spring loaded collar is seated fully in the recess in the housing with a distal surface of the collar in a plane with a distal surface of the housing; and
an alert mechanism triggered when the sensor detects cannula, catheter or probe insertion status.