Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a manual switch for a user interface input.

Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a manual switch for a user interface input.

Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a manual switch for a user interface input.

Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a manual switch for a user interface input.

Abstract: A body fluid sampling device includes a housing, a penetrating member positioned in the housing and a test strip. A compliant front end is coupled to the housing. The compliant front-end includes a rigid member with an interior aperture to receive the body fluid from a wound site.

Abstract: A body fluid testing device has at least one penetrating member and a penetrating member driver configured to be coupled to the at least one penetrating member. A plurality of analyte sensors are coupled to a spoked disk substrate. Each of a penetrating member can pass between spokes of the disk substrate to provide that a used penetrating member can be removed and a new penetrating inserted without removing the disk. A disposable houses the at least one penetrating member and the plurality of analyte sensors.

Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a manual switch for a user interface input.

Abstract: A body fluid testing device has at least one penetrating member and a penetrating member driver configured to be coupled to the at least one penetrating member. A plurality of analyte sensors are coupled to a spoked disk substrate. Each of a penetrating member can pass between spokes of the disk substrate to provide that a used penetrating member can be removed and a new penetrating inserted without removing the disk. A disposable houses the at least one penetrating member and the plurality of analyte sensors.

Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a manual switch for a user interface input.

Abstract: A test strip is provided with sample capture that provides for a one step process to achieve a lancing event, sample capture and sample transport in a sensor design that supports one step testing. In various embodiments, the present invention provides for one step testing by, (i) analyte sample capture layout; (ii) analyte sample capture and transport configurations; (iii) structures of sample capture; (iv) processes for forming sample transport, and the like.

Abstract: A body fluid sampling device includes a housing, a penetrating member positioned in the housing and a test strip. A compliant front end is coupled to the housing. The compliant front-end includes a rigid member with an interior aperture to receive the body fluid from a wound site.

Abstract: A system for providing users access to information of health parameters on patients. The system includes a modem for receiving digital data from one or more patient sources on the health parameters of the patients and a management computer. The management computer processes the digital data and provides clinical statistics and administrative statistics derived from the digital data. Such clinical statistics and administrative statistics can be accessed via Internet protocol by one or more users such that these users each can access the clinical statistics and the administrative statistics independently.

Abstract: An apparatus for reporting a patient's health parameter to a remote data management center. The apparatus has measurement units and a home hub. A measurement unit includes a sensor for sensing measurements of a health parameter and a transmitter for transmitting wirelessly data derived from the measurements. The home hub receives the wireless transmission of measurement data, processes the measurement unit data for effecient transfer, and transmits selectively data processed by thereby via public a data transmission network to a health data management unit.

Abstract: A web access functionality embedded in a device includes modules for generating a device web page wherein the device web page enables selection of at least one control function for the device. The web access functionality also includes modules for accessing the device web page via a communication path such that a user of a web browser accesses the control function for the device through the device web page. The control function includes control functions for loading new information into the device via the communication path and control functions for providing notification messages via the communication path upon the occurrence of events in the device.

Abstract: A universally accessible healthcare device having a communication path and a server. The healthcare device generates a set of medical information and the server provides access to the medical information using an open standard network protocol on the communication path. HTML Files may be generated on the fly by the server in response to an HTTP command from a requesting web client.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe including a sensor head having an array of ultrasonic transducer elements is disclosed. The sensor head is located at the tip of a flexible shaft. The flexible shaft houses a flex circuit which is electrically connected directly to the transducer elements. The flex circuit transmits electrical signals from the transducer elements to the handle of the probe. The flexible shaft is bendable in all directions and can bend in a sharp radius in the region near the tip of the flexible shaft.

Abstract: A system for deriving signals representing a selected cross sectional area and volume of a region of interest in tissue. In the preferred embodiment, area and volume of a fluid filled cavity contained in tissue on a real time basis are determined by launching pulses of ultrasonic pressure waves along a plurality of scan lines, detecting the locations along each line that are in fluid, deriving a signal representing the incremental area within fluid that is between adjacent scan lines, deriving a signal representing the cross sectional area of a cavity within a region of interest by summing the incremental areas and deriving a signal representing the volume of the cavity within a region of interest by revolving each incremental area about an axis of the cavity so as to form an incremental volume of revolution and summing the volume of revolution.

Abstract: A system for deriving signals representing a selected cross sectional area and volume of a region of interest in tissue. In the preferred embodiment, area and volume of a fluid filled cavity contained in tissue on a real time basis are determined by launching pulses of ultrasonic pressure waves along a plurality of scan lines, detecting the location along each line that are in fluid, deriving a signal representing the incremental area within fluid that is between adjacent scan lines, deriving a signal representing the cross sectional area of a cavity within a region of interest by summing the incremental areas and deriving a signal representing the volume of the cavity within a region of interest by revolving each incremental area about an axis of the cavity so as to form an incremental volume of revolution and summing the volumes of revolution.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for fabricating ultrasonic transducer arrays and various transducer arrays produced utilizing such methods. The method includes the steps of cutting a block of piezoelectric material to form a plurality of wafers, each wafer being of a predetermined thickness; forming the wafers into a spaced parallel array with a center-to-center spacing between the wafers substantially equal to one-half of the object wavelength (as this term is defined in the specification); and causing the space between the wafers to be filled with a substance having an acoustic impedance which differs from that of the piezoelectric material by an amount such that the reflection coefficient between the piezoelectric material and the substance is greater than 0.9. The predetermined thickness of the wafers may be equal to one-half the piezoelectric wavelength and the substance between the wafers may be formed at least mostly of air.