Patent ID: 7008398

Claim:
A micro-dialysis probe comprising: a proximal probe opening providing access to a supply line and a drainage line; a distal probe tip for introducing the probe into subcutaneous tissue; a supply line for introducing drip-feed solution into the probe, the supply line having a dialysis opening in the vicinity of the probe tip; a drainage line formed as a hollow fiber, the hollow fiber being exposed to surrounding tissue in the vicinity of the probe tip; a dialysis section being formed between the supply line and the drainage line in the area of the supply line dialysis opening and the exposure of the hollow fiber to surrounding tissue; the drip-feed solution flowing through the supply line experiencing an inversion in the area of the dialysis section and between the supply line and the drainage line, the supply line and drainage line together forming a probe shaft, the supply line and the drainage line being arranged as separate hollow channels of the probe shaft.