Integrated lance and strip for analyte measurement
CA 2462364 C · Owner: Lifescan, Inc. · Inventors: Allen, John J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The present invention relates, in general to lancing elements for use in drawing bodily fluids out of a patient and more particularly, to an improved lancing element including first and second elements positioned relative to each other such that an incision formed by the first element is held open by the second element and bodily fluids are pulled up the lancing element by surface tension on the first and second lancing elements.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 29, 2004 and granted July 24, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 29, 2026.
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