Patent ID: 7223248
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A packaged medical device comprising: an upper flexible sheet; a lance body that includes: a test strip with a test strip opening therethrough; and a lower flexible sheet, wherein: the upper flexible sheet is attached to the lance body upper surface covering the lance body opening; the test strip is attached to the lance body lower surface such that the dermal tissue penetration member is operatively aligned with the test strip opening; the lower flexible sheet is detachably attached to the test strip covering the test strip opening; and the upper flexible sheet, lance body and test strip are configured such that, when the lower flexible sheet has been at least partially detached from the test strip, thereby uncovering the test strip opening, the upper flexible sheet, lance body and test strip can be bent such that a bent portion of the upper flexible sheet, lance body, and test strip moves away from the packaged medical device as the packaged medical device remains essentially stationary, thereby deploying the dermal tissue penetration member from the lance body opening.