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US 2007/0191739 A1Published application
Flexible test strip lancet device
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
InventorSteven Roe
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Abstract
A bodily fluid sampling device includes a flexible test strip, a lancet, and a deflection mechanism. The test strip is biased to be positioned over the incision site formed by the lancet. The deflection mechanism positions the test strip away from the incision site during lancing so as to allow the lancet to have clear access to the incision site. Due to the flexible nature of the test strip, after lancing the incision, the test strip returns to the original position so as to collect fluid from the incision.
Claims9
A method of sampling a body fluid, comprising:
- forming an incision in skin with a lancet of a body fluid sampling device that includes a fluid collection means that is resiliently biased away from the incision;
- and
- releasing the fluid collection means in order to resiliently move over the incision site to collect the body fluid from the incision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.