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CATALYSTS FOR BODY FLUID SAMPLE EXTRACTION

  • US 20080064987A1
  • Filed: 11/16/2007
  • Published: 03/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sampling body fluid from a wound opening created in a skin surface at a sampling site, the method comprising:

  • automatically or manually initiating a testing sequence;

    applying a catalyst to the sampling site;

    actuating a skin-piercing member so as to drive the member into the surface of the skin thereby creating the wound opening;

    allowing the at least one skin-penetration member to obstruct the wound opening; and

    transporting body fluid through an inner lumen of the skin-penetration member;

    wherein the catalyst is applied to the sampling site at one or more of the following times;

    prior to actuating the skin-piercing member, during actuation of the skin-piercing member, or after actuating the skin-penetration member.

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