Patent ID: 8409144
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of introducing skin penetrators into skin, the method involving a device which comprises a puncturing part which pierces the skin, an indwelling part, wherein the indwelling part moves from an initial position to an indwelling position in which the indwelling part is introduced into the skin through an opening generated by the puncturing part and remains there, a guide with a guide slot for guiding the puncturing part and the indwelling part into the skin, and a drive device adapted to drive the puncturing part into the skin; and said method comprises: operating the device such that the indwelling part moves relative to the puncturing part during movement from the initial position to the indwelling position, and introducing the puncturing part and the indwelling part into the skin sequentially via the guide slot of the guide.