Patents Represented by Law Firm Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edill, Welter & Schmidt
  • Interstitial fluid collection and constituent measurement
    Patent number: 5582184
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for obtaining and measuring constituents in a sample of body fluid. The apparatus includes a member which is sized to penetrate into at least the dermal layer of skin to collect a sample of body fluid located within the dermal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Integ Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian J. Erickson, Michael E. Hilgers, Tracy A. Hendrickson, J. Edward Shapland, Frank A. Solomon, Mark B. Knudson