Patent ID: 9399094
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An assembly for mounting a skin-mountable device, the assembly comprising: a) a skin-mountable device having an adhesive mounting surface defining a first plane for mounting the skin-mountable device to a selected area of skin; b) a blister package configured to releasably receive and surround the skin-mountable device within an interior cavity defined by a plurality of package walls, wherein the package has an aperture through which the skin-mountable device moves when it is detached from the package; and c) a connecting structure comprising a linear guide that allows the entire package when in a connected state with the skin-mountable device to move a predetermined distance relative to the skin-mountable device in a first direction parallel to the first plane when a force is applied to the package in the first direction before continued movement of the entire package in the first direction causes the package to release the skin-mountable device.