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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, CA (US);
Travis Marsot, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Hegener, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matt Schumann, Cambridge, GB;
Mike Beadman, Cambridge, GB;
Barry Dean Briggs, Campbell, CA (US);
Travis Marsot, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Hegener, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Dirk Boecker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matt Schumann, Cambridge, GB;
Mike Beadman, Cambridge, GB;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Franfkfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A method of controlling a penetrating member is provided. The method comprises providing a lancing device comprising a penetrating member driver having a position sensor and a processor that can determine the relative position and velocity of the penetrating member based on measuring relative position of the penetrating member with respect to time; providing a predetermined velocity control trajectory based on a model of the driver and a model of tissue to be contacted. In some embodiments, a feedforward control to maintain penetrating member velocity along said trajectory.