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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Mark Faupel, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Danny Lincoln, Commerce, GA (US);
Mark Faupel, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Danny Lincoln, Commerce, GA (US);
SpectRx, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
The systems and methods involve creating an opening in the biological tissue of the patient and placing a sampling aperture of the extraction device over the opening. The sampling aperture is defined in a contact surface of the extraction device that is placed into contact with the tissue of the patient. A pump of the extraction device such as a depressible bulb sealed to the body is charged to create a vacuum between the pump through a sampling channel to the sampling aperture, and the vacuum draws the biological fluid from the tissue opening into the sampling channel. An access point is exposed to the sampling channel, and the sample of fluid may be accessed from the access point. The access point may be an extraction opening covered by an access door, and the access door is opened to access the sample.