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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Daisuke Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Hidefumi Komuro, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Sakata, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ARKRAY, Inc., Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a lancing apparatus (A) used for inserting an insertion element () into a human skin (Sk) for sampling a body fluid. The lancing apparatus (A) includes a housing () with a cylindrical portion () brought into contact with the skin (Sk), a negative pressure generator () that generates a negative pressure inside the cylindrical portion () to cause the skin (Sk) to swell upward, and a detector () that detects that the skin (Sk) has been raised to a predetermined height inside the cylindrical portion ().