Patent ID: 6023639
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A non-invasive system for withdrawing and monitoring a fluid drawn through a user's skin comprising:(a) a housing having an internal chamber;(b) fluid displacement means for directing said fluid from the user's skin into said internal chamber, said fluid displacement means having a first end positionally located contiguous an outer surface of the user's skin and an opposing second end disposed internal said housing;(c) vacuum generating means in open communication with said internal chamber for generating a negative pressure of a predetermined magnitude therein;(d) energy generating means disposed within said housing and coupled to said internal chamber for generating energy at a level not greater than that which reduces cohesiveness of cells of a stratum cornium layer of the user's skin, said negative pressure in said internal chamber and said generated energy being transmitted through said fluid displacement means to the user's skin; and,(e) monitoring means within said internal chamber of said housing for monitoring said fluid drawn into said internal chamber.