Patents by Inventor Desiree Decker

Desiree Decker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for obtaining bodily fluids for analysis
    Publication number: 20080269639
    Abstract: A lancing device for piercing skin to obtain a bodily fluid, such as blood, for testing has an electrically activated actuator, such as a shape memory alloy or electro-active polymer, that changes shape upon the application of electrical energy to advance and withdraw the lancing element. The lancing device operates when the actuator changes shape to advance a lancing element to pierce the skin when the actuator changes shape, delaying the lancing element tip near the advanced position to allow fluid to flow into the lancing tip, withdrawing the lancing element to remove the lancing element form the skin when the actuator again changes shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Stephan Korner, Robert Partel, Irio Giuseppe Calasso, Desiree Decker