Patent ID: 9375169
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An analyte and detecting apparatus, comprising: a housing; a disposable positionable in the housing; a penetrating member driver positioned in the housing; a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the disposable and each of a penetrating member being configured to be coupled to the penetrating member driver; a plurality of sampling chambers each including an analyte sensor, each sampling chamber associated with a penetrating member; a cam disk indexing and drive mechanism, wherein the cam disk indexing and drive mechanism being configured to move in x-y and y-z directions that provide for movement in three orthogonal directions; at least one seal that covers the penetrating members; a punching element that punches the seal prior to a launch of a penetrating member; a gripper that couples the penetrating member driver with a penetrating member, the cam disk indexing and drive mechanism configured to retain and release the gripper; and a motor and control system that provides cam disk indexing and drive mechanism movements including, punching the at least one seal and coupling the gripper to a penetrating member.