DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR BLOOD SAMPLING
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Abstract
A medical device is presented for reduced-pain blood sampling and testing. The device comprises a housing defining a finger site for supporting a user'"'"'s finger or a portion thereof within said finger site during the device operation; piercing, sampling and testing assemblies sequentially actuatable to successively initiate piercing, sampling and testing operational modes of the device; a carriage at least partially accommodated within said housing and being adapted for movement with respect to said finger site between its first position corresponding to the piercing mode of the device and a second position corresponding to the sampling and testing modes of the device, the device being thereby capable of operating in the piercing, sampling and testing modes while at a static position of the user'"'"'s finger.
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41 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
- 26. A device for use in a blood test, the device comprising a finger holding element configured to be fit on the finger such as to apply certain pressure to the finger, said finger holder comprising a band operable to be shifted from its open inoperative position to a closed-loop operative position in which it fits the finger, said band when in the operative position thereof applies said certain pressure to the finger while preventing over-pressing of the finger, thereby assisting in withdrawal of blood from said finger while reducing pain associated with the blood test.
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