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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Dominique Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, CA (US);
Jon Hewitt Leonard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ray Freeman, Cambridge, GB;
George Gogue, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dominique Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, CA (US);
Jon Hewitt Leonard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ray Freeman, Cambridge, GB;
George Gogue, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A method of lancing the tissue of a patient provides a tissue penetration element with a tip configured to penetrate tissue. The tissue penetration element is disposed in proximity to the tissue of the patient. A lancing cycle is initiated. The lancing cycle advances the tip into the tissue during a penetration stroke and displaces the tissue penetration element proximally over a withdrawal stroke. Tissue data is acquired based on an interaction between the tissue penetration element and the tissue during at least a portion of the lancing cycle.