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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Frank Richter, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Ross MacArthur, Cheshire, GB;
Elizabeth Verity Wolseley-Hext, Staffordshire, GB;
Joseph David Cowan, Staffordshire, GB;
Lee Thomas Smith, Staffordshire, GB;
David John Mills, Staffordshire, GB;
Christopher James Smith, Cheshire, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprises a housing, an aperture in a wall of the housing, an aperture cover moveable between a first position in which the aperture is covered and a second position in which the aperture is uncovered, the aperture cover comprising a sealing member configured to seal the aperture on a first side of the wall when the aperture cover is in the first position and a user-contactable part extending from the sealing member through the aperture to the second side of the wall and configured to allow a user to move the aperture cover between the first and second positions.