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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Raúl Escutia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Craig M. Litherland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Emery, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Jones, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael F. Tomasco, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kelley J. Lipman, Livermore, CA (US);
Raúl Escutia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Craig M. Litherland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Emery, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Jones, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael F. Tomasco, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kelley J. Lipman, Livermore, CA (US);
Intuity Medical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An arrangement for producing a sample of body fluid from a wound opening created in a skin surface at a sampling site includes: a housing, the housing comprising a first opening; a skin interface member disposed in the first opening, the skin interface member comprising an inner member having a second opening, and an outer member at least partially surrounding the inner member and attached to the first opening; and at least one skin-penetration member configured and arranged to project within the second opening. Arrangements having alternatively constructed skin interface members are also described.