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Body fluid sampling device

  • US 6,464,649 B1
  • Filed: 03/31/2000
  • Issued: 10/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sampling device for sampling blood or interstitial fluid by creating an opening in a skin surface and assisting in expressing fluid therefrom, comprising:

  • a housing having a longitudinal axis; and

    a stimulator surface attached to said housing and adapted to contact the skin surface, the stimulator surface defining an interior opening having a dimension of at least 6.0 mm, the stimulator surface being inclined relative to a plane oriented perpendicular to the axis, the inclination being radially inwardly and longitudinally rearwardly, the inclination relative to the plane being from 10 to 65 degrees such that body fluid is urged toward the opening in the skin surface by contact with the stimulator surface.

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