Skin cutter for painless extraction of small blood amounts
CA 2245574 A1 · Owner: Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh · Inventors: Fruhstorfer, Heinrich; Bocker, Dirk
Overview
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A skin cutter is disclosed for painlessly extracting small blood amounts from human or animal tissue. A blade (13) is made to vibrate by means of an oscillator (14, 32), is slowly lowered into the tissue and withdrawn again. In a first embodiment, the blade vibrates substantially in a parallel direction to the cutting edge of the blade and to the surface of the tissue. In the second embodiment, the blade vibrates substantially in the perpendicular direction to the surface of the tissue. The advantage of the disclosed devices is that the pain caused by pricking is reduced.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 4, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 4, 2017.
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