Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
AssigneePelikan Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDirk Boecker, Don Alden, Dominique M. Freeman
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Abstract
A skin penetrating system includes a housing member. A plurality of penetrating members are positioned in the housing member. A plurality of analyte detecting members are each associated with a penetrating member. Each analyte detecting member includes a sample chamber and an opening for transport of a body fluid into the sample chamber. The analyte detecting member is configured to determine a concentration of an analyte in a body fluid using a sample of less than 1 μL of a body fluid disposed in the sample chamber. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
Claims66
A skin penetrating system, comprising:
- a housing member;
- a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the housing member, and
- a plurality of analyte detecting members each associated with a penetrating member, each analyte detecting member including a sample chamber and an opening for transport of a body fluid into the sample chamber, the analyte detecting member being configured to determine a concentration of an analyte in a body fluid using a sample of less than 1 μL of a body fluid disposed in the sample chamber;
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- a user interface configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
The system of claim 55, wherein the data interface is selected from at least one of, Serial RS-232, modem interface, USB, HPNA, Ethernet, optical interface, IRDA, RF interface, Bluetooth interface, cellular telephone interface, 2 way pager interface, parallel port interface standard, near field-magnetic coupling, RF transceiver and a telephone systems.
The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to assist in an adjustment of force applied to the penetrating member driver in response to a target tissue parameter.
A skin penetrating system, comprising:
- a housing member;
- a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the housing member, a penetrating member driver coupled to the plurality of penetrating members;
- a plurality of analyte detecting members each associated with a penetrating member, each analyte detecting member including a sample chamber and an opening for transport of a body fluid into the sample chamber, the analyte detecting member being configured to determine a concentration of an analyte in a body fluid using a sample of less than 1 μL of a body fluid disposed in the sample chamber;
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- a human interface providing at least one output.
A tissue penetrating system, comprising:
- a penetrating member driver;
- a cartridge with a distal port and a proximal port and coupled to the penetrating member driver;
- an analyte detecting member coupled to a sample chamber, the analyte detecting member being configured to determine a concentration of an analyte in a body fluid using a sample of less than 1 μL of a body fluid disposed in the sample chamber;
- a penetrating member with a sharpened distal tip and shaft portion that is slidably disposed within the cartridge, wherein a tip of the penetrating member is configured to extend through the opening of the sample chamber;
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- a user interface configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
A tissue penetrating system, comprising:
- a penetrating member driver;
- a cartridge with a distal port and a proximal port and coupled to the penetrating member driver;
- an analyte detecting member coupled to a sample chamber, the analyte detecting member being configured to determine a concentration of an analyte in a body fluid using a sample of less than 1 μL of a body fluid disposed in the sample chamber;
- a penetrating member with a sharpened distal tip and shaft portion that is slidably disposed within the cartridge, wherein a tip of the penetrating member is configured to extend through the opening of the sample chamber;
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- a human interface providing at least one output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.