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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc., Medford, MA (US);
Javier Gonzalez-Zugasti, North Billerica, MA (US);
A. David Boccuti, Arlington, MA (US);
Donald E. Chickering, III, Framingham, MA (US);
Mark Michelman, Reading, MA (US);
Ramin Haghgooie, Arlington, MA (US);
Shawn Davis, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Scott James, Epping, NH (US);
Maisam Dadgar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Greg Fisher, Boston, MA (US);
Richard L. Miller, Needham, MA (US);
Christopher J. Morse, Malden, MA (US);
Howard Bernstein, Cambridge, MA (US);
Douglas A. Levinson, Sherborn, MA (US);
Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc., Medford, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to receiving bodily fluid through a device opening. In one aspect, the device includes a flow activator arranged to cause fluid to be released from a subject. A deployment actuator may actuate the flow activator in a deployment direction, which may in turn cause fluid release from a subject. The flow activator may also be moved in a retraction direction by a retraction actuator. In one aspect, the device may include a vacuum source that may help facilitate fluid flow into the opening of the device and/or may help facilitate fluid flow from the opening to a storage chamber. In one aspect, a device actuator may enable fluid communication between the opening and the vacuum source and the flow activator may be actuated after the enablement of fluid communication.