Patent ID: 7377903
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for sampling bodily fluid, said apparatus comprising: a housing, a skin-lancing device mounted in said housing for directing a skin-lancing medium against a skin surface to form an incision therein, and then remove the skin-lancing medium from the incision, a device mounted in said housing, said device having a pair of elongated skin-engaging flexible tabs, each tab having a length and defining a centerline extending through the center of said tab along said length, said tabs oriented to urge the skin taut adjacent the incision site on said skin to at least open the incision, said tabs extending from a base to adjacent the incision, each said tab having an intermediate section wherein said centerline extends toward the skin surface and toward said skin-lancing medium, and each said tab having a section adjacent the skin surface wherein said centerline extends toward the skin surface and away from said skin-lancing medium.