Patent ID: 9636060
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of using an applicator set to sense an analyte level of a subject, the applicator set comprising a base, an insertion needle, and a dermal sensor, the method comprising: inserting a tip portion of an insertion needle and a tip portion of a dermal sensor, together, into a dermal layer of a skin site of a subject such that the dermal sensor is inserted into but not through the dermal layer, wherein a longitudinal central axis along the tip portion of the insertion needle is angled relative to a longitudinal central axis along the tip portion of the dermal sensor and the tip portion of the insertion needle creates an insertion path for the dermal sensor as the insertion needle is inserted into the skin site; and sensing an analyte level in the dermal layer of the skin site with the dermal sensor.