Patent ID: 7201723
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A sampling device, comprising: a lancet configured to form an incision in skin; an expression member having a band positioned to contact skin that is deformable to squeeze skin around the incision; wherein the band is moveable between a relaxed position around the incision in skin and a contracted position around the incision in skin; a compression member configured to contact and rotate about the expression member wherein the band compresses from the relaxed position to the contracted position to express bodily fluid from the incision in skin; a housing configured to contact the skin near the incision; wherein at least a portion of the expression member is resilient in order to return to the relaxed position; the expression member includes at least one expression lobe; and the compression member includes at least one compression lobe configured to contact the at least one expression lobe to compress the skin.