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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
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 and a shaft portion. The tissue penetration element is disposed in proximity to the tissue of the patient. The tissue penetration element is driven distally towards the tissue of the patient. Contact is made between the tip and the tissue of the patient. The tip is advanced into the tissue during a penetration stroke to a position of maximum inward displacement. The tissue penetration element is displaced proximally over a withdrawal stroke at an average velocity that is substantially lower than an average velocity of the tissue penetration element during the penetration stroke. The tip is removed from the tissue.