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Methods and apparatus for expressing body fluid from an incision

  • US 8,740,813 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2012
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of obtaining a sample of body fluid from a body, comprising the acts of:

  • A) applying a skin-lancing device against the skin of a user to form an incision in the skin;

    B) removing the skin-lancing device from the incision; and

    thereafterC) applying a force to depress the skin in a manner forming a ring of depressed body tissue in surrounding relationship to the incision wherein a stimulating member and a plurality of levers act to bulge and stretch the incision open, whereby body fluid is expressed from the opening of the incision.

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