Abstract: A medical device package includes a body with at least one chamber therein, a proximal end and a distal end. The medical device package also includes at least one deformable projection within the chamber(s). Furthermore, the deformable projection is configured to deform resiliently upon contact with a medical device during insertion of the medical device into the chamber and, thereby, removably retain the medical device within the chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2004
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2009
Assignee:
Inverness Medical Limited
Inventors:
David K. Lang, Gordon G Sansom, Jerry Pugh, Bryan Windus-Smith, Emma Vanessa Jayne Day, Gregory Jean Paul Eldin
Abstract: The invention relates to a paste, which can undergo screen printing, for producing a porous polymer membrane. Said paste contains at least one polymer, one or more solvents for the polymer having a boiling point of >100° C., one or more non-solvents for the polymers (pore-forming agents) having a higher boiling point than that of the solvent(s), and contains a hydrophilic viscosity modifier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2002
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2004
Assignee:
Inverness Medical Limited
Inventors:
Matthias Stiene, Birgit Von Tiedemann, Jamie Roders, Lucy Macgregor, Jerry McAleer, Alan McNeilage
Abstract: A cap for a lancing device for lancing dermal tissue is provided. The cap includes a cap body having a proximal end for connecting to the distal end of the housing of the lancing device and a contact ring attached to the distal end of the cap body. The contact ring includes an opening for a portion of the lancet of the lancing device to pass therethrough. The contact ring has a multi-contoured surface oriented generally about an axis distinct from the axis of motion of the lancet. The multi-contoured surface is designed to pressure the dermal tissue to facilitate expression of a fluid sample after lancing the dermal tissue. The fluid sample can include blood, interstitial fluid, or both.
Inventors:
Simon G. Kaar, Mary McEvoy, John Christopher Davis, Elizabeth A. Maloney, Christopher A. Weatherall, Paul Steven Montgomery, Victoria Slaker