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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2005
Dominique M. 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 M. 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 tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin.