Patent ID: 7488298
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An integrated bodily fluid sampling device for sampling a bodily fluid from an incision in skin, comprising: a lancet having a lancet tip for forming the incision in the skin; a test strip attached to the lancet for analyzing the bodily fluid from the incision, the lancet being fixed to the test strip; a fluid collection flag having a sampling end portion extending from the test strip for drawing the bodily fluid onto the test strip, the sampling end portion is at least as long as the lancet, the collection flag being flexible to bend against the tissue during lancing wherein the collection flag is resilient to maintain the shape of the collection flag after contact with the tissue, the sampling end portion having a structure to minimize lateral wicking of the bodily fluid; and a protective film detachably coupled to the fluid collection flag for protecting at least the lancet tip, wherein the lancet tip is sandwiched between and contacts both the fluid collection flag and the film.