Patent ID: 7645241
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for sampling bodily fluids comprising: an elongated lancing medium having a skin piercing end and a stop, said skin piercing end adapted to be displaced against a skin site for making an incision and producing a droplet of bodily fluid from the skin site; a transport medium with a first stepped portion and a second stepped portion, said transport medium being sufficiently close to said lancing medium to retain the droplet of bodily fluid therebetween by capillary action, said stop being adapted to selectably contact one of the stepped portions while making an incision, the distance said skin piercing end extends beyond said transport medium with the stop contacting the first stepped portion being different from the distance said skin piercing end extends beyond said transport medium with the stop contacting the second stepped portion; and an actuating device connected to said lancing medium and said transport medium, wherein said actuating device displaces said lancing medium and said transport medium away from said skin site to move the droplet of bodily fluid retained by said transport medium and said lancing medium away from said skin site.