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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Erik V. Mukerjee, San Ramon, CA (US);
Rosemary L. Smith, Bangor, ME (US);
Inventors:
Erik V. Mukerjee, San Ramon, CA (US);
Rosemary L. Smith, Bangor, ME (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for puncturing a surface for extraction, in situ monitoring, and/or substance delivery uses microneedles with improved properties. Applications include easy to handle glucose monitoring using a group of hollow out-of-plane silicon microneedles to sample substances in interstitial fluid from the epidermal skin layer.