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Electric lancet actuator

  • US 7,033,371 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2002
  • Issued: 04/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electric lancet actuator comprising:

  • a lancet with a distal puncture end and proximal driver end housed within a stationary housing, said housing comprising an electric energy source for driving said lancet along a predetermined path;

    a plurality of electric field coils,a metal core; and

    a controller for selectively providing current from the electric energy source to the plurality of coils in sequence to move the metal core which in turn moves the lancet along the predetermined path.

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