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Tissue penetration device

  • US 20060178689A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2005
  • Published: 08/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of lancing the tissue of a patient comprising:

  • (a) providing a tissue penetration element having a tip configured to penetrate tissue;

    (b) disposing the tissue penetration element in proximity to the tissue of the patient;

    (c) initiating a lancing cycle including advancing the tip into the tissue during a penetration stroke and displacing the tissue penetration element proximally over a withdrawal stroke; and

    (d) acquiring tissue data based on an interaction between the tissue penetration element and the tissue during at least a portion of the lancing cycle.

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