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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Guangqun Max Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Fruhauf, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Steven N Roe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/150374 (2013.01); A61B 5/1411 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/157 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/15113 (2013.01); A61B 5/15117 (2013.01); A61B 5/15151 (2013.01); A61B 5/15161 (2013.01); A61B 5/150175 (2013.01); A61B 5/15176 (2013.01); A61B 5/15178 (2013.01); A61B 5/150282 (2013.01); A61B 5/150358 (2013.01); A61B 5/150419 (2013.01); A61B 5/150435 (2013.01); A61B 5/150503 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of assembling a lancet housing assembly comprising multiple lancets for use in a portable handheld medical diagnostic device for sampling bodily fluids from a skin site of a patient is disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of lancet structures in a lancet sheet. The lancet sheet has a removable ledge for releasing the lancet structures. The removable ledge of the lancet sheet is flexed for releasing the lancet structures from the removable ledge.