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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2004
Paul Lum, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ganapati Mauze, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tomasz Poplonski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rebecca Shatsky, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul Lum, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ganapati Mauze, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tomasz Poplonski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rebecca Shatsky, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A system and method is provided for the capture of bodily fluid upon lancing of a patient. In one embodiment, the fluid sample capture aperture mesh () ring is placed in the pathway of a finger penetrating member (). The aperture mesh ring has a center clearance area that allows the penetrating member to pierce the skin unobstructed. The aperture mesh ring may contain a series of fluid sampling meshes as to allow the release bodily fluid to 'wick' into the fluid sampling meshes for transport to the respective sensor. The invention may also relate to a method of improving the fluidic flow through a membrane mesh structure for the transportation of bodily fluids from a point of sampling to a point of measurement.