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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Reddrop Dx, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kristopher Scott Buchanan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
William Kristopher Buchanan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dirk van den Boom, Encinitas, CA (US);
Thomas Michael Johannsen, Centennial, CO (US);
Wesley Joseph Hager, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew Bryan Huntingdon, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Andrew Frankson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Landon Bruggeman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
RedDrop Dx, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for accelerated ergonomic collection of capillary blood. An apparatus and system include a blood collection module with a proximal portion including a vacuum generation chamber, a distal portion including a blood collection chamber, a concave mid portion including a pressure equalization channel configured to equalize reduced air pressure. The apparatus further includes a sealing surface to stably seal the blood collection module to the skin around a collection site and a slide latch actuated by a lengthwise sliding motion. Also included is a lancet carrier with linearly-arranged lancet strips to puncture rows of blood extraction slits in the collection site. The apparatus also includes an angled transfer port with a low-resistance non-microfluidic blood flow channel to a transfer module, then to a plasma separation module with a multilayer laminate and plasma separation membrane. Methods for accelerated ergonomic collection of capillary blood are disclosed.