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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
John P. Grace, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Neil W. Loomis, Racine, WI (US);
Thomas G. Schapira, Bristol, WI (US);
Sie Ting Wong, Mundelein, IL (US);
Kristin M. Noonan, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael G. Lowery, Wildwood, IL (US);
Pete M. Bojan, Grayslake, IL (US);
Daniel P. Schmidt, Bannockburn, IL (US);
Tung-Ming Huang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Robert G. Hiltibran, late of Libertyville, IL (US);
Mark R. Pope, Grayslake, IL (US);
John J. Kotlarik, Lake Geneva, WI (US);
Brian Joseph Tarkowski, Lake Villa, IL (US);
David Dean Cunningham, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention involves apparatus and methods for use in collecting bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, from the epidermal layer of an animal. A preferred apparatus includes a pressure head and, optionally, a holder therefor for supplying a positive pressure to the head. The methods include the application of a positive pressure to the area surrounding an epidermal site from which stratum corneum has been breached, such as by laser ablation, to cause bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, to exude from the site and collecting the fluids exuding therefrom.