Patent ID: 8382681
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. An integrated body fluid sampling and analysis device, the device comprising: a housing, the housing containing a plurality of body fluid sampling and analysis sites, each of the sites comprising a skin-penetration member in the form of a needle comprising a lumen, and a torsional spring actuator, the torsional spring actuator comprising a first leg, and a second leg moveable relative to the first leg upon release of elastic energy stored in the torsional spring actuator, the skin-penetration member connected to the moveable second leg so as to drive the skin-penetration member into the skin of a user and to act as a guide locating an end of the needle in the body fluid due to the release of the elastic energy and so as to draw the body fluid into the lumen of the needle.