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US 11,445,953 B2Granted
Combination blood lancet and analyzer
AssigneeNueon Inc.
InventorRobert G. Messerschmidt
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Abstract
Methods and systems for collecting and analyzing blood are provided. The methods and systems generally operate by collecting a blood sample on a portion of a lancet and subjecting the blood sample to optical spectroscopy.
Claims16
A method of collecting and analyzing blood, said method comprising:
- cutting a skin of a subject with an optically reflective portion of a lancet;
- collecting a liquid blood sample of the subject with the optically reflective portion of the lancet;
- allowing the liquid blood sample to dry on the optically reflective portion of the lancet to form a dried blood sample;
- passing light through the dried blood sample on the lancet;
- and
- subjecting the dried blood sample to an optical spectroscopy by collecting the light passed through the dried blood sample and reflected off of the optically reflective portion of the lancet with an optical spectrometer for analysis of the blood sample.
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