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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Paul Lum, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Paul Lum, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pelikan Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus () for obtaining a sample of blood. An embodiment includes an apparatus () which integrates lancing (), sample collection, and analysis. The presence of patients finger on the active sampling area can be sensed by monitoring the pressure applied by the finger on the device ().