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US 5,578,014 AGranted
Skin piercing devices for medical use
OwnerUri Erez, Yuval Singerinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus for piercing skin including a skin contact surface arranged to contact a portion of skin to be pierced, a skin piercing needle arranged to pierce the skin within the region and a cooling assembly providing cooling of the skin contact surface thereby cooling the portion of skin prior to and during piercing thereof by the skin piercing needle.
Claims22
Apparatus for piercing skin comprising:
- a skin contact surface arranged to be in thermal contact with a region of skin to be pierced;
- a skin piercing needle arranged to pierce said skin within said region;
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- a cooling assembly providing cooling of said skin contact surface thereby cooling said portion of skin prior to and during piercing thereof by said skin piercing needle.
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