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Body fluid sampler

US5879310A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 1996
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2562/0295
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sampling apparatus for sampling body fluid includes a sampler having an external geometry selected to mate with an internal geometry of a testing apparatus such that the sampler may be inserted with in the testing apparatus in a predetermined alignment-and with a sampling location positioned accurately within a light path for detecting an amount of a desired constituent within fluid collected by the sampler.

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