Multi-site body fluid sampling and analysis cartridge
AssigneeIntuity Medical, Inc.
InventorsCraig M. LITHERLAND, Jeffrey L. EMERY, Raul ESCUTIA, James W. PFEIFFER, Jeffrey M. JONES
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Abstract
An arrangement includes a housing, a plurality of sampling and analysis sites contained within the housing, each of the sampling and analysis sites having a skin-penetration member having a first end configured to pierce the skin, and an inner lumen in communication with the first end, an actuator operatively associated with the skin-penetration member, and an analyte quantification member in fluid communication with the inner lumen of the skin-penetration member. Integrated devices including such arrangements are also described.
Claims27
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An arrangement comprising:
- a cartridge, wherein the cartridge comprises:
- a frame comprising a plurality of chambers and a corresponding plurality of openings;
- and
- a plurality of sampling and analysis sites, each sampling and analysis site contained within a respective chamber of the plurality of chambers and aligned with a respective opening of the plurality of openings, each sampling and analysis site comprising a skin-penetration member, an actuator, and an analyte quantification member;
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- a triggering mechanism advanceable through each opening to actuate a respective sampling and analysis site to drive the respective skin-penetration member into skin.
A method of operating a body fluid sampling device comprising:
- providing a body fluid sampling device comprising a cartridge and a triggering mechanism, wherein the cartridge comprises:
- a frame comprising a plurality of chambers and a corresponding plurality of openings;
- and
- a plurality of sampling and analysis sites, each sampling and analysis site contained within a respective chamber of the plurality of chambers and aligned with a respective opening of the plurality of openings, each sampling and analysis site comprising a skin-penetration member, an actuator, and an analyte quantification member;
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- advancing a portion of the triggering mechanism through one of the openings of the plurality of openings, wherein advancing a portion of the triggering mechanism through the opening actuates a respective sampling and analysis site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.