Integrated disposable for automatic or manual blood dosing
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1. A method, comprising:
- creating a capillary channel along a lancet, wherein the capillary channel has a first opening for collecting body fluid and a vent opening at an end of the capillary channel that is opposite the first opening, wherein the capillary channel fluidly connects the first opening to the vent opening;
positioning a test media along the capillary channel between the first opening and the vent opening;
forming a second opening along the capillary between the first opening and the vent opening, wherein the second opening is located closer to the test media than the first opening, wherein the first opening, the second opening, and the vent opening are separate and distinct from one another;
wherein said forming the second opening includes forming the second opening in the lancet; and
wherein said forming the second opening in the lancet includes locating the second opening directly over the test media in which the second opening faces the test media.
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Abstract
An integrated sampling device defines a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is connected to a channel for drawing fluid automatically towards a test media upon incision by an incision portion. The second opening is positioned over the test media allowing manual sampling of fluid if the channel fails to draw a sufficient amount of fluid onto the test media.
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29 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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creating a capillary channel along a lancet, wherein the capillary channel has a first opening for collecting body fluid and a vent opening at an end of the capillary channel that is opposite the first opening, wherein the capillary channel fluidly connects the first opening to the vent opening; positioning a test media along the capillary channel between the first opening and the vent opening; forming a second opening along the capillary between the first opening and the vent opening, wherein the second opening is located closer to the test media than the first opening, wherein the first opening, the second opening, and the vent opening are separate and distinct from one another; wherein said forming the second opening includes forming the second opening in the lancet; and wherein said forming the second opening in the lancet includes locating the second opening directly over the test media in which the second opening faces the test media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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forming an opening in a lancet; securing the lancet to a test media with the opening in the lancet being positioned directly over the test media, wherein the test media and the lancet are sandwiched together so that the opening faces the test media during said securing, wherein the opening is configured to allow body fluid to be directly deposited onto the test media; wherein the lancet has a blade for forming an incision; creating a capillary channel along the lancet, wherein the capillary channel has a fluid collection opening for collecting body fluid, wherein the fluid collection opening is located at the blade; wherein said creating the capillary channel includes securing at least two spacers to the lancet to at least define in part the capillary channel; and wherein said securing the lancet to the test media includes securing the lancet to the spacers in which the opening in the lancet is spaced apart from the test media by the spacers. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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penetrating skin with a lancet to form an incision, wherein the lancet is secured to a test media to form an integrated device, wherein the lancet has an opening directly positioned over the test media, wherein the test media has a sample application surface that faces the opening in the lancet, wherein the integrated device has a capillary channel that extends along the length of the lancet, wherein the opening in the lancet and the sample application surface are located on opposite sides of the capillary channel; collecting body fluid from the incision by drawing the body fluid into the capillary channel of the integrated device; determining an insufficient volume of fluid was collected in the capillary channel; positioning the incision in the skin at the opening in the lancet; depositing the body fluid from the incision directly onto the sample application surface of the test media through the opening in the lancet; and wherein said collecting and said determining occur before said depositing the body fluid. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
an integrated device including a lancet having an opening, the lancet having a body portion and a blade portion extending from the body portion, wherein the opening is defined in the body portion, the lancet having the blade for forming an incision, the lancet defining one side of a capillary channel that extends along the length of the lancet, spacers defining opposing sides of the capillary channel, the capillary channel having a fluid collection opening for collecting body fluid from the incision, wherein the fluid collection opening is located at the blade, a test media secured to the lancet via the spacers, wherein the test media and the lancet are disposed along opposite sides of the capillary channel, and wherein the opening in the lancet is positioned directly over the test media, wherein the opening in the lancet is configured to allow body fluid to be directly deposited onto the test media. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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