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System for withdrawing body fluid

Granted 12 Jul 2011 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Roche Diabetes Care · originally Roche

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Inventors: Guenther Schmelzeisen-Redeker, Thomas Weiss, Frank Deck, Klaus Peter Ebert · Examiner: Alireza Nia

Application
11/903,711
filed 24 Sep 2007
Publication
US 20080021494
published 24 Jan 2008
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US 7,976,558
granted 12 Jul 2011
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Classifications
A61M5/00, A61B17/14
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a compression device for stimulating the efflux of a body fluid from a body part. The device has a compression unit with a pressure-application region made of a deformable material, the region being formed to generate a repulsive force between the body part and the compression unit. The repulsive force passes through a force maximum then decreases to serve as an indication that the body part is guided sufficiently firmly and far enough onto the compression unit.

Claims

6 · 1 independent · depth 2
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Classifications

11 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section A — Human necessities
  • A61M5/00
  • A61B17/14
  • A61B17/32
  • A61B5/00
Section B — Performing operations; transporting
  • B65D81/00
USPC · US Patent Classification
606/181604/117604/115600/584604/116600/583

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3.8 y
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