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Abstract

A skin protection mount protects the skin surface of a subject from damage that can result from repeated attachment and detachment of transcutaneous sensors connected to the skin of a subject with adhesive. The skin protection mount preferably has a thickness of five mils or less, to provide increased flexibility and increase subject comfort. Preferably, the skin protection mount has adhesive on the side attached to the subject, and lacks adhesive on the opposite side in order to facilitate attachment to and detachment from a skin protection mount of a transcutaneous sensor having an adhesive zing with an adhesion surface. In a preferred embodiment, the mounting surface of the skin protection mount has a surface area larger than the adhesion surface to protect the subject's skin from the adhesion surface. The adhesive force between the skin protection mount and the patient is greater than the adhesive force between the skin protection mount and the adhesion surface of the adhesive ring.

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First Claim