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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen J Brenneman, Goshen, IN (US);
D Glenn Purcell, Edwardsburg, MI (US);
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation, Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606181 ; 606182 ;
Abstract
A vacuum assisted lancing device (10) for obtaining capillary blood from body sites includes a plunger (12) mounted in a barrel or upper housing (24) that upon being pressed by a user, drives a lancet (18) to puncture skin at a body site. A vacuum member such as a diaphragm (38, 66) or bellows (66) is displaced by the plunger (12) and displaces air in the lancing device (10) to create a vacuum. The vacuum draws skin partially into the lancing device (10) causing blood to form at the puncture. The vacuum is then released and the blood is tested.
Published as:
US6152942A; CA2292944A1; EP1060707A2; AU1358100A; JP2001000425A; EP1060707A3; AU763388B2; EP1060707B1; ATE303753T1; DE60022432D1; CA2292944C; PT1060707E; DK1060707T3; ES2247978T3; DE60022432T2;