Integrated system and method for sampling blood and analysis
First Claim
1. A blood sampling apparatus for sampling blood from the skin of a patient for analysis, comprising:
- (a) a cartridge having(i) a cartridge case;
(ii) a lancet housed in the cartridge case and operatively connected thereto such that it is drivable to extend outside the cartridge case through a lancing opening for lancing the skin to yield blood;
(iii) associated with the cartridge case a compartment for receiving blood;
(b) a housing having a driver for associating with the lancet to urge the lancet to extend outside the cartridge case, the cartridge being detachably held in said housing such that the cartridge can be disassociated from the driver after sampling blood; and
(c) means for analyzing blood connected with the compartment in the cartridge for blood to flow therefrom to said means for analyzing blood without moving the position of the cartridge in the housing after lancing.
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Abstract
A blood sampling apparatus for sampling blood from the skin of a patient for analysis. The apparatus includes a cartridge and a housing with a driver. The cartridge has a cartridge case, lancet, and a compartment associated with the cartridge case for receiving blood. The lancet is housed in the cartridge case and operatively connected thereto such that it is drivable to extend outside the cartridge case through a lancing opening for lancing the skin to yield blood. The housing has a driver for urging the lancet to extend outside the cartridge case. During lancing, the cartridge is preferably detachably held in the housing such that the cartridge can be disassociated from the driver after sampling blood.
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32 Claims
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1. A blood sampling apparatus for sampling blood from the skin of a patient for analysis, comprising:
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(a) a cartridge having (i) a cartridge case; (ii) a lancet housed in the cartridge case and operatively connected thereto such that it is drivable to extend outside the cartridge case through a lancing opening for lancing the skin to yield blood; (iii) associated with the cartridge case a compartment for receiving blood; (b) a housing having a driver for associating with the lancet to urge the lancet to extend outside the cartridge case, the cartridge being detachably held in said housing such that the cartridge can be disassociated from the driver after sampling blood; and (c) means for analyzing blood connected with the compartment in the cartridge for blood to flow therefrom to said means for analyzing blood without moving the position of the cartridge in the housing after lancing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for sampling blood from the skin of a patient, comprising:
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(a) providing a lancing apparatus having a detachable cartridge and an analytical region, the cartridge having a lancet with a lancet tip shielded in the cartridge; (b) driving the lancet to extend the lancet tip out of a cartridge such that the lancet pierces the skin to yield blood; (c) transferring blood yielded from the skin into the cartridge; and (d) upon the blood entering the cartridge transferring blood to the analytical region without moving the position of the cartridge in the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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