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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
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 moving coil tissue penetration device includes a magnetic source that produces a magnetic field in a magnetically active region. A cylindrical coil is secured to a translation substrate and disposed at least partially within the magnetically active region. A sharpened member is configured to penetrate tissue and mechanically coupled to the translation substrate.