Patents Represented by Attorney LifeScan, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7169116
    Abstract: An actuation system for a bodily fluid extraction device includes a detector cap, at least one vibration sensor connected to the detector cap, and at least one signal processing unit in communication with the vibration sensor. In addition, the signal processing unit is configured to receive an output signal from the vibration sensor, analyze the received output signal, and to send an actuation signal to the bodily fluid extraction device based on the analysis of the received output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Day, Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Simon Palmer