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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Richter, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Ross Macarthur, Cheshire, GB;
Assignee:
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/150412 (2013.01); A61B 5/1411 (2013.01); A61B 5/157 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/15101 (2013.01); A61B 5/15113 (2013.01); A61B 5/15132 (2013.01); A61B 5/15146 (2013.01); A61B 5/150175 (2013.01); A61B 5/150511 (2013.01); A61B 5/150534 (2013.01); A61B 5/150702 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample is presented having a lancet for lancing a body part of a user and a cleaning member of absorbent material operable to clean a surface of the body part, the apparatus being configured such that in use the lancet is moved to lance a body part of a user and subsequently the cleaning member is moved to contact the body part of the user so as to remove blood from the surface of the body part prior to collection of the blood sample from the surface of the body part.