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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, CA (US);
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jon Hewitt Leonard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, CA (US);
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jon Hewitt Leonard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pelikan Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver of includes a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a sensor configured to detect lancet position along said path during the lancing cycle.