System for pain-reduced withdrawal of blood

US7244266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Claus-Dieter Garthe · Worms, DE
• Peter Ruschke · Budenheim, DE
• Guenther Schmelzeisen-Redeker · Lorsch, DE
• Claudio Immekus · Tutschfelden, DE
• Uschi Wolf · Darmstadt, DE
• Klemens Masuch · Steinfurt, DE
• Hans List · Prien am Chiemsee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2007
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/150198
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Lancet system for pain-reduced blood withdrawal comprising an impulse generator which exerts an impulse on a body part in a sequence which is synchronized with the movement of a lancet. Method for the pain-reduced blood withdrawal in which an impulse is exerted on an adjacent body part in a sequence which is synchronized with the generation of an opening in the skin.