Patent ID: 9592338
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A device for inserting an infusion cannula and/or a sensor into a body of a patient, the device comprising: an insertion needle adapted to be removably arranged in the infusion cannula and/or sensor; a handle structure connected to the insertion needle; a needle cover, wherein the needle cover is pivotably mounted on the handle structure and is rotatably movable between a first position, where a front part of the insertion needle is located in the needle cover, and a second position, where the front part of the insertion needle is exposed; and wherein a spring element that in a first configuration is not functional and in a second configuration actuates the needle cover toward the second position, wherein the spring element irreversibly changes from its first configuration to its second configuration when the needle cover arrives at the second position for the first time.