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US 2003/0199897 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
AssigneePelikan Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDirk Boecker, Don Alden, Dominique M. Freeman
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Abstract
A tissue penetration device includes a penetrating member driver, a cartridge, and a plurality of penetrating members integrated with the cartridge. Each of a penetrating member is coupled to the penetrating member driver when advanced along a path into a tissue target. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
Claims67
A tissue penetration device, comprising:
- a penetrating member driver;
- a cartridge;
- a plurality of penetrating members integrated with the cartridge, each of a penetrating member coupled to the penetrating member driver when advanced along a path into a tissue target;
- and
- a user interface configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
2 more elements
A tissue penetrating device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a penetrating member driver;
- a cartridge;
- a plurality of penetrating members integrated with the cartridge, each of a penetrating member being coupled to the penetrating member driver when advanced along a path into a tissue target;
- and
- a human interface providing at least one output.
3 more elements
A tissue penetrating system, comprising:
- a plurality of penetrating members
- a penetrating member driver coupled to the plurality of penetrating members;
- a cartridge transport device;
- a plurality of cartridges each associated with a penetrating member, the cartridge transport device being configured to move each cartridge to a position aligning a penetrating member with the penetrating member driver to drive the penetrating member along a path into a target tissue site;
- and
- a user interface configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
3 more elements
A tissue penetrating device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a penetrating member driver;
- a cartridge;
- a plurality of penetrating members integrated with the cartridge, each of a penetrating member being coupled to the penetrating member driver when advanced along a path into a tissue target;
- and
- a human interface providing at least one output.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.