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Cassette of lancet cartridges for sampling blood

  • US 6,036,924 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1997
  • Issued: 03/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cassette device for an apparatus for sampling blood from a patient, comprising:

  • (a) at least one test cartridge having a case and a lancet, the lancet having a tip and being housed in the case, wherein the lancet can be driven to extend the tip outside the case to lance the skin of a patient to yield blood for collection for later analysis; and

    (b) container for storing a plurality of test cartridges, the container having a compartment including said at least one test cartridge, wherein one of said at least one test cartridge from the cassette can be loaded onto an actuator that can drive the lancet in said one test cartridge to lance the skin.

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