METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE IN A BODY FLUID
Application 994/MUMNP/2006 published 2007-04-13, filed 2006-08-24
An apparatus and method for analyzing an analyte in a body fluid sample using a lancing device (10) having a hollow lancet are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises the acts of lancing the skin of a test subject with the hollow lancet (18) having an interior of the hollow lancet (18) that forms a capillary channel, collecting a body fluid sample from the lanced skin in the capillary channel of the hollow lancet (18), and analyzing the body fluid sample for determining the analyte concentration in the body fluid sample while the collected body fluid sample remains in the lancet (18).
Applicant
1)BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
:555 WHITE PLAINS ROAD,TARRYTOWN,NY 10591 U.S.A.
Inventor
1)KURIGER,REX,J. 2)DOSMANN,ANDREW,J. No of Pages : 20 No of Claims : 34
International Info
Classification: A61B 5/15
Publication Number: WO2005/077274A1
Application Date: 2005-02-04
Priority Information
60/542,363 U.S.A. 2004-02-06