Patent Grant
8372016
Lancing devices are known in the medical health-care products industry for piercing the skin to produce blood for analysis. Typically, a drop of blood for this type of analysis is obtained by making a small incision in the fingertip, creating a small wound, which generates a small blood droplet on the surface of the skin.
Early methods of lancing included piercing or slicing the skin with a needle or razor. Current methods utilize lancing devices that contain a multitude of spring, cam and mass actuators to drive the lancet. These include cantilever springs, diaphragms, coil springs, as well as gravity plumbs used to drive the lancet. The device may be held against the skin and mechanically triggered to ballistically launch the lancet. Unfortunately, the pain associated with each lancing event using known technology discourages patients from testing. In addition to vibratory stimulation of the skin as the driver impacts the end of a launcher stop, known spring based devices have the possibility of firing lancets that harmonically oscillate against the patient tissue, causing multiple strikes due to recoil. This recoil and multiple strikes of the lancet is one major impediment to patient compliance with a structured glucose monitoring regime.
Another impediment to patient compliance is the lack of spontaneous blood flow generated by known lancing technology. In addition to the pain as discussed above, a patient may need more than one lancing event to obtain a blood sample since spontaneous blood generation is unreliable using known lancing technology. Thus the pain is multiplied by the number of attempts required by a patient to successfully generate spontaneous blood flow. Different skin thickness may yield different results in terms of pain perception, blood yield and success rate of obtaining blood between different users of the lancing device. Known devices poorly account for these skin thickness variations.
A still further impediment to improved compliance with glucose monitoring are the many steps and inconvenience associated with each lancing event. Many diabetic patients that are insulin dependent may need to self-test for blood glucose levels five to six times daily. The large number of steps required in traditional methods of glucose testing, ranging from lancing, to milking of blood, applying blood to a test strip, and getting the measurements from the test strip, discourages many diabetic patients from testing their blood glucose levels as often as recommended. Older patients and those with deteriorating motor skills encounter difficulty loading lancets into launcher devices, transferring blood onto a test strip, or inserting thin test strips into slots on glucose measurement meters. Additionally, the wound channel left on the patient by known systems may also be of a size that discourages those who are active with their hands or who are worried about healing of those wound channels from testing their glucose levels.
The present invention provides solutions for at least some of the drawbacks discussed above. Specifically, some embodiments of the present invention provide a multiple lancet solution to measuring analyte levels in the body. The invention may use a high density design. The invention may provide a plurality of analyte detecting members used to sample fluid from tissue. At least some of these and other objectives described herein will be met by embodiments of the present invention.
In one aspect of the present invention, a body fluid sampling system is provided for use on a tissue site. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cartridge; a penetrating member driver; a plurality of penetrating members arranged in a radial configuration on the cartridge wherein sharpened distal tips of the penetrating members point radially outward; wherein an active one of the penetrating members may be operatively coupled to the penetrating member driver, the penetrating member driver moving the active one along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stopping in the tissue site, and withdrawing out of the tissue site; and a plurality of analyte detecting members, wherein at least one of the analyte detecting members is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the active one of the penetrating members, wherein the detecting members are not pierced by the active one of the penetrating members.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site is provided. The system comprises a cartridge; a penetrating member driver; a plurality of penetrating members, each having a proximal end, an elongate portion, and a sharpened distal end, the members arranged in a radial configuration on the cartridge wherein sharpened distal tips of the penetrating members point radially outward; wherein an active one of the penetrating members may be operatively coupled to the penetrating member driver, the penetrating member driver moving the active one along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stopping in the tissue site, and withdrawing out of the tissue site; and a plurality of analyte detecting members, wherein at least one of the analyte detecting members is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the active one of the penetrating members; wherein the unused analyte detecting members are arranged in a stack, the penetrating member driver configured to be controlled to follow a velocity trajectory into the tissue and out of the tissue, wherein the velocity into the tissue is at an average speed greater than an average speed of the penetrating member on the withdrawal.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site is provided. The system comprises a cartridge; a penetrating member driver; a plurality of penetrating members arranged in a radial configuration on the cartridge wherein sharpened distal tips of the penetrating members point radially outward; wherein an active one of the penetrating members may be operatively coupled to the penetrating member driver, the penetrating member driver moving the active one along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stopping in the tissue site, and withdrawing out of the tissue site; and a plurality of analyte detecting members, wherein at least one of the analyte detecting members is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the active one of the penetrating members, wherein the detecting members are not pierced by the active one of the penetrating members; a position sensor positioned to provide an indication of a position of the penetrating member during actuation.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site is provided. The system comprises a cartridge; a penetrating member driver; a plurality of penetrating members arranged in a radial configuration on the cartridge wherein sharpened distal tips of the penetrating members point radially outward; wherein an active one of the penetrating members may be operatively coupled to the penetrating member driver, the penetrating member driver moving the active one along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stopping in the tissue site, and withdrawing out of the tissue site; and a plurality of analyte detecting members, wherein at least one of the analyte detecting members is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the active one of the penetrating members, wherein the detecting members are not pierced by the active one of the penetrating members; a coupler on the penetrating member driver configured to engage at least a portion of the elongate portion of the penetrating member and drive the member along a path into a tissue site and withdrawn from a tissue site.
In a still further another embodiment of the present invention, a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site is provided. The system comprises a cartridge; a penetrating member driver; a plurality of penetrating members arranged in a radial configuration on the cartridge wherein sharpened distal tips of the penetrating members point radially outward; wherein an active one of the penetrating members may be operatively coupled to the penetrating member driver, the penetrating member driver moving the active one along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stopping in the tissue site, and withdrawing out of the tissue site; and a plurality of analyte detecting members, wherein at least one of the analyte detecting members is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the active one of the penetrating members, wherein the detecting members are not pierced by the active one of the penetrating members; a sterility enclosure covering at least a tip of the penetrating member, the sterility enclosure removed from the penetrating member prior to actuation of the member and positioned so that the penetrating member will not contact the enclosure during actuation.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site is provided. The system comprises a cartridge; a penetrating member driver; a plurality of penetrating members arranged in a radial configuration on the cartridge wherein sharpened distal tips of the penetrating members point radially outward; wherein an active one of the penetrating members may be operatively coupled to the penetrating member driver, the penetrating member driver moving the active one along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stopping in the tissue site, and withdrawing out of the tissue site; and a plurality of analyte detecting members, wherein at least one of the analyte detecting members is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the active one of the penetrating members, wherein the detecting members are not pierced by the active one of the penetrating members; a user interface for transmitting at least one input between a user.
A further understanding of the nature and advantages of the invention will become apparent by reference to the remaining portions of the specification and drawings.
The present invention provides a multiple analyte detecting member solution for body fluid sampling. Specifically, some embodiments of the present invention provides a multiple analyte detecting member and multiple lancet solution to measuring analyte levels in the body. The invention may use a high density design. It may use lancets of smaller size, such as but not limited to diameter or length, than known lancets. The device may be used for multiple lancing events without having to remove a disposable from the device. The invention may provide improved sensing capabilities. At least some of these and other objectives described herein will be met by embodiments of the present invention.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed. It must be noted that, as used in the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a material” may include mixtures of materials, reference to “a chamber” may include multiple chambers, and the like. References cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, except to the extent that they conflict with teachings explicitly set forth in this specification.
In this specification and in the claims which follow, reference will be made to a number of terms which shall be defined to have the following meanings:
“Optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently described circumstance may or may not occur, so that the description includes instances where the circumstance occurs and instances where it does not. For example, if a device optionally contains a feature for analyzing a blood sample, this means that the analysis feature may or may not be present, and, thus, the description includes structures wherein a device possesses the analysis feature and structures wherein the analysis feature is not present.
“Analyte detecting member” refers to any use, singly or in combination, of chemical test reagents and methods, electrical test circuits and methods, physical test components and methods, optical test components and methods, and biological test reagents and methods to yield information about a blood sample. Such methods are well known in the art and may be based on teachings of, e.g. Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, 3d Ed., Sec. V, pp. 776-78 (Burtis & Ashwood, Eds., W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1999); U.S. Pat. No. 5,997,817 to Chrismore et al. (Dec. 7, 1999); U.S. Pat. No. 5,059,394 to Phillips et al. (Oct. 22, 1991); U.S. Pat. No. 5,001,054 to Wagner et al. (Mar. 19, 1991); and U.S. Pat. No. 4,392,933 to Nakamura et al. (Jul. 12, 1983), the teachings of which are hereby incorporated by reference, as well as others. Analyte detecting member may include tests in the sample test chamber that test electrochemical properties of the blood, or they may include optical means for sensing optical properties of the blood (e.g. oxygen saturation level), or they may include biochemical reagents (e.g. antibodies) to sense properties (e.g. presence of antigens) of the blood. The analyte detecting member may comprise biosensing or reagent material that will react with an analyte in blood (e.g. glucose) or other body fluid so that an appropriate signal correlating with the presence of the analyte is generated and can be read by the reader apparatus. By way of example and not limitation, analyte detecting member may be “associated with”, “mounted within”, or “coupled to” a chamber or other structure when the analyte detecting member participates in the function of providing an appropriate signal about the blood sample to the reader device. Analyte detecting member may also include nanowire analyte detecting members as described herein. Analyte detecting member may use any, singly or in combination, potentiometric, coulometric, or other method useful for detection of analyte levels.
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In the present embodiment, each penetrating member 18 has an elongated body 26 and a sharpened distal end 27 having a sharp tip 30. The penetrating member 18 may have a circular cross-section with a diameter in this embodiment of about 0.315 mm. All outer surfaces of the penetrating member 18 may have the same coefficient of friction. The penetrating member may be, but is not necessarily, a bare lancet. The lancet is “bare”, in the sense that no raised formations or molded parts are formed thereon that are complementarily engageable with another structure. Traditional lancets include large plastic molded parts that are used to facilitate engagement. Unfortunately, such attachments add size and cost. In the most basic sense, a bare lancet or bare penetrating member is an elongate wire having sharpened end. If it is of sufficiently small diameter, the tip may be penetrating without having to be sharpened. A bare lancet may be bent and still be considered a bare lancet. The bare lancet in one embodiment may be made of one material.
In the present embodiment, each penetrating member 18 is located in a respective one of the grooves 24. The penetrating members 18 have their sharpened distal ends 27 pointed radially out from the center point of the cartridge 12. A proximal end of each penetrating member 15 may engage in an interference fit with opposing sides of a respective groove 24 as shown in
The cartridge 12 may further include a sterilization barrier 28 attached to the upper surface 26. The sterilization barrier 28 is located over the penetrating members 18 and serves to insulate the penetrating members 18 from external contaminants. The sterilization barrier 28 is made of a material that can easily be broken when an edge of a device applies a force thereto. The sterilization barrier 28 alone or in combination with other barriers may be used to create a sterile environment about at least the tip of the penetrating member prior to lancing or actuation. The sterilization barrier 28 may be made of a variety of materials such as but not limited to metallic foil, aluminum foil, paper, polymeric material, or laminates combining any of the above. Other details of the sterilization barrier are detailed herein.
In the present embodiment, the apparatus 14 may include a housing 30, an initiator button 32, a penetrating member movement subassembly 34, a cartridge advance subassembly 36, batteries 38, a capacitor 40, a microprocessor controller 42, and switches 44. The housing 30 may have a lower portion 46 and a lid 48. The lid 48 is secured to the lower portion 46 with a hinge 50. The lower portion 46 may have a recess 52. A circular opening 54 in the lower portion 46 defines an outer boundary of the recess 52 and a level platform 56 of the lower portion 46 defines a base of the recess 52.
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A bearing 91 is secured to the lever and the penetrating member accelerator 64 has a slot 92 over the bearing 91. The slot 92 allows for the movement of the penetrating member accelerator 64 in the direction 88 relative to the lever 62, so that the force created on the slug moves the penetrating member accelerator 64 in the direction 88.
The spring 68 is not entirely relaxed, so that the spring 68, through the lever 62, biases the penetrating member accelerator 64 against the lower side surface of the penetrating member 18 with a force F1. The penetrating member 18 rests against a base 88 of the cartridge 12. An equal and opposing force F2 is created by the base 88 on an upper side surface of the penetrating member 18.
The edge 82 of the penetrating member accelerator 64 has a much higher coefficient of friction than the base 88 of the cartridge 12. The higher coefficient of friction of the edge contributes to a relatively high friction force F3 on the lower side surface of the penetrating member 18. The relatively low coefficient of friction of the base 88 creates a relatively small friction force F4 on the upper side surface of the penetrating member 18. A difference between the force F3 and F4 is a resultant force that accelerates the penetrating member in the direction 88 relative to the cartridge 12. The penetrating member is moved out of the interference fit illustrated in
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Driving force as indicated by arrow 207 is applied to surface 201 perpendicular to normal force 206. The sum of the forces acting horizontally on surface 201 is the sum of driving force 207 and the friction force developed at the interface of surface 201 and penetrating member 202, which acts in opposition to driving force 207. Since the coefficient of friction between surface 203 and penetrating member 202 is less than the coefficient of friction between surface 201 and penetrating member 202, penetrating member 202 and surface 201 will remain stationary with respect to each other and can be considered to behave as one piece when driving force 207 just exceeds the maximum frictional force that can be supported by the interface between surface 203 and penetrating member 202. Surface 201 and penetrating member 202 can be considered one piece because the coefficient of friction between surface 201 and penetrating member 202 is high enough to prevent relative motion between the two.
In one embodiment, the coefficient of friction between surface 201 and penetrating member 202 is approximately 0.8 corresponding to the coefficient of friction between two surfaces of stainless steel, while the coefficient of friction between surface 203 and penetrating member 202 is approximately 0.04, corresponding to the coefficient of friction between a surface of stainless steel and one of polytetrafluoroethylene. Normal force 206 has a value of 202 Newtons. Using these values, the maximum frictional force that the interface between surface 201 and penetrating member 202 can support is 1.6 Newtons, while the maximum frictional force that the interface between surface 203 and penetrating member 202 can support is 0.08 Newtons. If driving force 207 exceeds 0.08 Newtons, surface 201 and penetrating member 202 will begin to accelerate together with respect to surface 203. Likewise, if driving force 207 exceeds 1.6 Newtons and penetrating member 202 encounters a rigid barrier, surface 201 would move relative to penetrating member 202.
Another condition, for example, for surface 201 to move relative to penetrating member 202 would be in the case of extreme acceleration. In an embodiment, penetrating member 202 has a mass of 8.24×10-6 kg. An acceleration of 194,174 m/s2 of penetrating member 202 would therefore be required to exceed the frictional force between penetrating member 202 and surface 201, corresponding to approximately 19,800 g's. Without being bound to any particular embodiment or theory of operation, other methods of applying friction base coupling may also be used. For example, the penetrating member 202 may be engaged by a coupler using a interference fit to create the frictional engagement with the member.
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Embodiments of the penetrating member 222 can have an outer transverse dimension or diameter of about 200 to about 400 microns, specifically, about 275 to about 325 microns. Embodiments of penetrating member 222 can have a length of about 10 to about 30 millimeters, specifically, about 15 to about 25 millimeters. Penetrating member 222 can be made from any suitable high strength alloy such as stainless steel or the like.
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As previously discussed, each cavity on the cartridge may be individually sealed with a foil cover or other sterile enclosure material to maintain sterility until or just before the time of use. In the present embodiment, penetrating members are released from their sterile environments just prior to actuation and are loaded onto a launcher mechanism for use. Releasing the penetrating member from the sterile environment prior to launch allows the penetrating member in the present embodiment to be actuated without having to pierce any sterile enclosure material which may dull the tip of the penetrating member or place contaminants on the member as it travels towards a target tissue. A variety of methods may be used accomplish this goal.
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In some embodiments, the gripper 530 may cut into the sides of the penetrating member. The penetrating member in one embodiment may be about 300 microns wide. The grooves that form in the side of the penetrating member by the knife edges are on the order of about 5-10 microns deep and are quite small. In this particular embodiment, the knife edges allow the apparatus to use a small insertion force to get the gripper onto the penetrating member, compared to the force to remove the penetrating member from the gripper the longitudinal axis of an elongate penetrating member. Thus, the risk of a penetrating member being detached during actuation are reduced. The gripper 530 may be made of a variety of materials such as, but not limited to high strength carbon steel that is heat treated to increased hardness, ceramic, substrates with diamond coating, composite reinforced plastic, elastomer, polymer, and sintered metals. Additionally, the steel may be surface treated. The gripper 130 may have high gripping force with low friction drag on solenoid or other driver.
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It should be understood of course, that variations can be added to the above embodiment without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the penetrating member 541 may be placed in a parked position in the cartridge 500 prior to launch. As seen in
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In another embodiment of the cartridge device, a mechanical feature may be included on the cartridge so that there is only one way to load it into the apparatus. For example, in one embodiment holding 50 penetrating members, the cartridge may have 51 pockets or cavities. The 51st pocket will go into the firing position when the device is loaded, thus providing a location for the gripper to rest in the cartridge without releasing a penetrating member from a sterile environment. The gripper 530 in that zeroth position is inside the pocket or cavity and that is the reason why one of the pockets may be empty. Of course, some embodiments may have the gripper 530 positioned to grip a penetrating member as the cartridge 500 is loaded into the device, with the patient lancing themselves soon afterwards so that the penetrating member is not contaminated due to prolonged exposure outside the sterile enclosure. That zeroth position may be the start and finish position. The cartridge may also be notched to engaged a protrusion on the apparatus, thus also providing a method for allowing the penetrating member to loaded or unloaded only in one orientation. Essentially, the cartridge 500 may be keyed or slotted in association with the apparatus so that the cartridge 500 can only be inserted or removed at one orientation. For example as seen in
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The blood may be filled in the lumen that the penetrating member was in or the module may have separately defined sample chambers to the side of the penetrating member lumen. The analyte detecting member may also be placed right at the immediate vicinity or slightly setback from the module opening receiving blood so that low blood volumes will still reach the analyte detecting member. In some embodiments, the analyte sensing device and a visual display or other interface may be on board the apparatus and thus provide a readout of analyte levels without need to plug apparatus or a test strip into a separate reader device. As seen in
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Each penetrating member 802 may be contained in a cavity 806 in the cartridge 800 with the penetrating member's sharpened end facing radially outward and may be in the same plane as that of the cartridge. The cavity 806 may be molded, pressed, forged, or otherwise formed in the cartridge. Although not limited in this manner, the ends of the cavities 806 may be divided into individual fingers (such as one for each cavity) on the outer periphery of the disc. The particular shape of each cavity 806 may be designed to suit the size or shape of the penetrating member therein or the amount of space desired for placement of the analyte detecting members 808. For example and not limitation, the cavity 806 may have a V-shaped cross-section, a U-shaped cross-section, C-shaped cross-section, a multi-level cross section or the other cross-sections. The opening 810 through which a penetrating member 802 may exit to penetrate tissue may also have a variety of shapes, such as but not limited to, a circular opening, a square or rectangular opening, a U-shaped opening, a narrow opening that only allows the penetrating member to pass, an opening with more clearance on the sides, a slit, a configuration as shown in
In this embodiment, after actuation, the penetrating member 802 is returned into the cartridge and may be held within the cartridge 800 in a manner so that it is not able to be used again. By way of example and not limitation, a used penetrating member may be returned into the cartridge and held by the launcher in position until the next lancing event. At the time of the next lancing, the launcher may disengage the used penetrating member with the cartridge 800 turned or indexed to the next clean penetrating member such that the cavity holding the used penetrating member is position so that it is not accessible to the user (i.e. turn away from a penetrating member exit opening). In some embodiments, the tip of a used penetrating member may be driven into a protective stop that hold the penetrating member in place after use. The cartridge 800 is replaceable with a new cartridge 800 once all the penetrating members have been used or at such other time or condition as deemed desirable by the user.
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Depending on the orientation of the cartridge 800 in the penetrating member driver apparatus, the seal layer 820 may be on the top surface, side surface, bottom surface, or other positioned surface. For ease of illustration and discussion of the embodiment of
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The use of the seal layer 820 and substrate or analyte detecting member layer 822 may facilitate the manufacture of these cartridges 10. For example, a single seal layer 820 may be adhered, attached, or otherwise coupled to the cartridge 800 as indicated by arrows 824 to seal many of the cavities 806 at one time. A sheet 822 of analyte detecting members may also be adhered, attached, or otherwise coupled to the cartridge 800 as indicated by arrows 825 to provide many analyte detecting members on the cartridge at one time. During manufacturing of one embodiment of the present invention, the cartridge 800 may be loaded with penetrating members 802, sealed with layer 820 and a temporary layer (not shown) on the bottom where substrate 822 would later go, to provide a sealed environment for the penetrating members. This assembly with the temporary bottom layer is then taken to be sterilized. After sterilization, the assembly is taken to a clean room (or it may already be in a clear room or equivalent environment) where the temporary bottom layer is removed and the substrate 822 with analyte detecting members is coupled to the cartridge as shown in
In some embodiments, more than one seal layer 820 may be used to seal the cavities 806. As examples of some embodiments, multiple layers may be placed over each cavity 806, half or some selected portion of the cavities may be sealed with one layer with the other half or selected portion of the cavities sealed with another sheet or layer, different shaped cavities may use different seal layer, or the like. The seal layer 820 may have different physical properties, such as those covering the penetrating members 802 near the end of the cartridge may have a different color such as red to indicate to the user (if visually inspectable) that the user is down to say 10, 5, or other number of penetrating members before the cartridge should be changed out.
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As mentioned above, the analyte detecting members 808 may also be placed right at the immediate vicinity or slightly setback from the module opening receiving blood so that low blood volumes will still reach the analyte detecting member. The analyte detecting members 808 may be used with low volumes such as less than about 1 microliter of sample, preferably less than about 0.6 microliter, more preferably less than about 0.3 microliter, and most preferably less than about 0.1 microliter of sample. Analyte detecting members 808 may also be directly printed or formed on the bottom of the penetrating member cartridge 800. In one embodiment, a multiplicity of miniaturized analyte detecting member fields may be placed on the floor of the radial cavity or on the microfluidic module to allow many tests on a single analyte form a single drop of blood to improve accuracy and precision of measurement. Although not limited in this manner, additional analyte detecting member fields or regions may also be included for calibration or other purposes.
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A suitable method and apparatus for loading penetrating members has been described previously in U.S. Ser. Nos. 60/393,706 filed Jul. 1, 2002 and 60/393,707 filed Jul. 1, 2002, and are included here by reference for all purposes. Suitable devices for engaging the penetrating members and for removing protective materials associated with the penetrating member cavity are described in U.S. Ser. Nos. 60/422,988 filed Nov. 1, 2002 and 60/424,429 filed November 2006, and are included here by reference for all purposes. For example in the embodiment of
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Each penetrating member (or penetrating member and analyte detecting member, as the case may be) may have a packing density, or occupied volume, in cartridge 500. In various embodiments, the packing density or occupied volume of each penetrating member in cartridge 500 may be no more than about 0.66 cm3, 0.05 cm3, 0.4 cm3, 0.3 cm3, 0.2 cm3, 0.1 cm3, 0.075 cm3, 0.05 cm3, 0.025 cm3, 0.01 cm3, 0.090 cm3, 0.080 cm3, and the like. These numbers applicable to volumes for penetrating members alone, or for combined penetrating members and analyte detecting members. In other words, the volume required for each penetrating member does not exceed 0.66 cm3/penetrating member, 0.05 cm3/penetrating member, 0.4 cm3/penetrating member, 0.3 cm3/penetrating member, 0.2 cm3/penetrating member, 0.1 cm3/penetrating member, 0.075 cm3/penetrating member, 0.05 cm3/penetrating member, 0.025 cm3/penetrating member, 0.01 cm3/penetrating member, 0.090 cm3/penetrating member and the like. So, if the total package volume of the cartridge is defined as X and the cartridge includes Y number of penetrating members, penetrating members and test area, or other unit 395, the volume for each unit does not exceed 0.66 cm3, 0.05 cm3, 0.4 cm3, 0.3 cm3, 0.2 cm3, 0.1 cm3, 0.075 cm3, 0.05 cm3, 0.025 cm3, 0.01 cm3, 0.090 cm3, 0.080 cm3, and the like.
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For the purposes of the present discussion for this nonlimiting example, the skin is viewed as having three distinct regions or tissue layers: the stratum corneum SC (Phase I), the epidermis E (Phase II) and the dermis D (Phase III). In one embodiment, the lancet or penetrating member 10 is accelerated to a first desired velocity. This velocity may be predetermined or it may be calculated by the processor during actuation. The processor is also used to control the lancet velocity in tissue. At this velocity, the lancet 10 will impact the skin and initiate cutting through the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum is hard, hence in this embodiment, maximum velocity of the penetrating member 10 may be employed to efficiently cut through this layer, and this velocity may be maintained constant until the lancet passes through the layer. Power will likely need to be applied to the lancet drive 12 while the lancet is cutting through the stratum corneum in order to maintain the first velocity. Average stratum corneum thickness is about 225 μm. Using a four-edge detection algorithm for the position sensor 14 of this embodiment, the opportunity to verify and feed back velocity information can be carried out at 225/17 or roughly 13 points. In another embodiment accelerating through the stratum corneum following impact may improve cutting efficiency. Acceleration may be possible if the lancet has not reached its target or desired velocity before impact.
On reaching the epidermis E (Phase II), an embodiment of a method may decrease the velocity ((c) arrows) from the first velocity so that tissue compression is reduced in this second tissue layer. Thus the lancet 10, in this nonlimiting example, may have a second desired velocity that is less than the first velocity. The reduced speed in the second tissue layer may reduce the pain experienced by the mechano receptor nerve cells in the dermal layer (third tissue layer). In the absence of tissue compression effects on the dermal layer, however, lancet velocity may be kept constant for efficient cutting (i.e. second velocity may be maintained the same as the first velocity). In another embodiment, velocity may be increased in the second tissue layer from the first velocity.
In Phase III, the lancet or penetrating member 10 may reach the blood vessels and cut them to yield blood. The innervation of this third tissue layer and hence pain perception during lancing could be easily affected by the velocity profile chosen. In one embodiment, a third desired velocity may be chosen. The velocity may be chosen to minimize nerve stimulation while maintaining cutting efficiency. One embodiment would involve reducing velocity from the second velocity to minimize pain, and may increase it just before the blood vessels to be cut. The number of velocity measurement steps possible for the position sensor described above in the dermis is approximately 58. The user would determine the best velocity/cutting profile by usage. The profile with the least amount of pain on lancing, yielding a successful blood sample would be programmable into the device.
Currently users optimize depth settings on mechanical launchers by testing various settings and through usage, settle on a desired setting based on lancing comfort. Embodiments of the device and methods discussed herein provide a variety of velocity profiles (
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One advantage of this design is that each actuator can be matched to a portion of the actuation cycle. Rapid energy release is provided by the spring 1010 to bring the lancet or penetrating member 1020 up to speed. In one embodiment, excess energy stored in the spring allows the actuator 1010 to maintain the desired lancet speed regardless of skin or tissue consistency. The rheonetic fluid 1022 in the dashpot, controlled by the electromagnet, dissipates the excess energy from the spring 1010. A DC reset motor 1042 can be driven at variable speeds by controlling the motor drive current. By this means, the retraction speed of the lancet can be controlled.
Another advantage of this present embodiment is that power consumption is reduced through the use of a small DC motor instead of a solenoid. The motor draws energy from a battery at a much lower rate and over a longer time, resulting in more efficient battery use.
In another aspect, the present embodiment provides a device for storing and rapidly releasing energy. The device controls the release of stored energy to control motion, controls the release of energy to provide a low impact stop, controls the storage of energy to control retraction motion, and stores energy for rapid release at the start of the next cycle.
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In some embodiments, electronic actuation methods can delay the start of the retraction, providing a dwell of the penetrating member 1020 in the skin or tissue to allow some visco-elastic setting of the skin and promoting blood yield. Electronic actuators can also withdraw the lancet slowly to allow the blood to fill the wound channel, also promoting blood yield.
One economical solution to the lancet dwell requirement is to detach the drive spring 1062 from the actuator housing, preventing extension of the spring. As illustrated in
In a still further embodiment, adding a second, lower spring-constant, return spring 1070 can provide further control over the retraction speed. This return spring or return springs 1070 also insures that the penetrating member 1020 retracts into the actuator housing instead of relying on the kinetic energy of the rebounding drive spring 1070. As seen in
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Moving the latch 1094 will release the gripper block 1088, release the energy in the compressed spring 1086, and drive the penetrating member 1020 towards the tissue or anatomical feature. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the open end 1096 of the damper 1092 is cone or funnel shaped. So initially, as the piston 1090 flies into the damper 1092, it is flying there through air. As the piston 1090 is advanced, it runs into a narrowed portion of the damper 1092 that provides a close fit with the piston 1090. In some embodiments, there may be an interference fit between the piston 1090 and the narrowed portion of the damper 1092. In other embodiments, elastomeric material, other damping material, damping structure, or any combination of any of these elements may be used to provide a desired deceleration velocity profile. In this nonlimiting example, the damper 1092 provides variable damping as it allows the gripper block 1088 to be accelerated to its terminal velocity, driving the penetrating member 1020 at this high velocity, before encountering the damper 1092. As the piston travels further into the damper, the damping factor may increase and provide further deceleration to the gripper block 1088, thus also decelerating the penetrating member 1020. In one embodiment, the gripper block 1088 slows to near a complete stop prior to encountering the hard stop 1098 on the carrier 1100. In some embodiments, the hard stop 1098 may be covered with an elastomeric material, other damping material, damping structure, or any combination of any of these elements to provide a controlled stop of the gripper block.
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The depth of penetration by the penetrating member 1020 may also be determined by using the screw 1104 to control the position of the carrier 1126. This controls depth since the protrusion distance by the penetrating member 1020 from the carrier 1126 is substantially constant. Thus by varying the position of the carrier 1126 in this embodiment, the penetration depth of the member 1020 relative to the front end 1127 is selectable. The position of the carrier 1126 may be selectable before each lancing event. The position of carrier 1126 may be determined by the user. The position of carrier 1126 may also be determined by a processor (not shown) which may track the penetration depth of previous lancing events and match it with some other variable such as but not limited to pain feedback number from the user, spontaneous blood generation, user hydration, or any other variable as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/335,215 filed Dec. 31, 2002. The screw 1104 may be controlled to provide varied depth control with resolution such as, but not limited to, about 1-5 microns, about 5-20 microns, other distance per adjustment. In some embodiments, this motor may be a stepper motor. In other embodiments, it may be an actuator such as but not limited to a pneumatic actuator, electric motor, or device with a position sensor to provide feedback as to carrier position.
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In yet another aspect of the present invention, the current engine functions as a variable reluctance device and may be composed of an electronic drive unit or solenoid, an optical position sensor and a mechanism to couple the whole to the lancet. As a nonlimiting example, the penetrating member actuator may comprise of 2×6800 mF capacitors, a CR 123A 3V lithium primary battery, and a 5-coil solenoid of 30G wire. In this embodiment, there is one circuit board, which contains a processor (MPS430) for controlling the user interface, and another processor (SX 28) controlling the drive coils. The penetrating member may be driven by a series of solenoid coils (of which currently there are five in this embodiment), which are enclosed in a coil pack and surround the coupler shaft proximally to the penetrating member. A magnetic bead or “slug” may be attached to the coupler shaft and is configured to slide within the axial lumen of the driver coils. The driver coils are made of windings of copper wire, such as but not limited to about 32 gauge. The coils or “solenoids” drive the penetrating member using either magnetic attraction or repulsion of the slug.
Several possibilities exist for modification of the current solenoid drive. The specific advantages to be achieved are a reduction in size, and increase in efficiency, thus reducing power consumption requirements during the lancing process.
In one embodiment of the solenoid according to the present invention, a five-coil configuration was conceived because of a desired stroke distance of 8 mm determined from a displacement range needed to cover the sum of thick stratum corneum (up to 600 mm), tenting of about 1 mm or more and a maximum penetration of up to about 3.5 mm and acceleration distance enough to reach about 10 m/s. Stroke may be specified as the total displacement from one end of travel to the other end, or as a plus/minus (±) displacement from mid-stroke reference. Since these experiments were carried out it has been determined through patient testing in the lab that shallow lancing to about 1 mm may be sufficient to obtain the volumes of blood required to fill a sample chamber of 0.5 μl or less. Stroke distance, in such an embodiment, can therefore be reduced to (maximum tenting+depth+thickest stratum corneum=1 mm+1 mm+0.6 mm) 2.6 mm without consequence. This could reduce the number of coils in the system, reducing the size of the device and therefore lowering cost. It does require a slightly “fatter” set of coils since more turns may be used to maintain the drive power as well as a change in the slug size (longer) to reach the new spacing distance, but overall size should decrease.
In another embodiment of the solenoid, the flat coil embodiment was initially proposed as the first approach for driving the lancet electronically. In one embodiment, it uses a metal flag be attached to the penetrating member shaft to drive the lancet rather than a metal “slug”. This is somewhat disadvantageous to using bare penetrating members. The motivation for the flat coil configuration was miniaturization of the driver so as to fit in to a handheld glucose spot-monitoring device. Manufacturing of the coils can be by multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) so it is straightforward. Such an embodiment is shown in commonly assigned, copending U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 38187-2551.
In yet another embodiment of the solenoid, the multi-coil penetrating member driver with programmable excitation of the various energizing coils acting on a movable soft-iron “slug” works by timing the excitation of the various coils to provide motion in the desired direction. In some known configurations, there may be a series of stable “dead points” where the slug remains stationary unless the local coil is de-energized and the next coil is energized. This can create an inefficient “bumpy” force profile. The “rail-gun” approach provides a coil configuration for continuous (as opposed to step-wise) acceleration of the magnetic slug. It creates the required inhomogeneous magnet field to propel the slug and the attached lancet at a progressively increasing speed towards the target. At no point does the magnetic field of the coil oppose the desired motion of the slug. It facilitates the “fast entry-delay-slow retraction” mode of operation for minimum pain and maximum blood recovery. The coil could be wound with an increasing number of turns from the start point to the end point creating the required non-uniform magnetic field profile. A second coil could be wound in the remaining “free” space with increasing turns from the insertion point to the fully retracted point to implement retraction of the lancet, preferably at slow speed, using a weaker current feed. This economizes on electric drive power demand and uses the available space to the best advantage. Any desired time-dependent-profile could be achieved with spatially uniform winding geometry and a programmable time-dependent current feed with current increasing with time for insertion, but decreasing with time for retraction
The excitation coils may also be divided into a set of adjacent smaller coils fed with increasing currents from start point to end point, either according to position or as an increasing function of time. Continuous acceleration (as opposed to a step-wise drive with separate coils in the prior-art multi-coil device) may favor long slim coil geometry. One practical advantage is simplicity: in the basic embodiment no electronic control circuitry is required, just a simple on-off current switching control. However it allows electronic control to be added to determine penetration depth, using appropriate depth sensing and feedback. A fail-safe feature would be to feed the retraction coil with a weak continuous current to ensure that the lancet is always returned to the start position (full retraction). The soft-iron slug attached to the penetrating member may be replaced by a small permanent magnet attached to the penetrating member. Additional disclosure can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/127,395 filed Apr. 19, 2002, incorporated herein by reference.
In another embodiment, slug shaping is based on the goal of increasing the force or efficiency of the coils by sculpting or changing the profile of the slug. The chisel point slug also fits in this category. The net result may be to reduce the size of the coil driver.
In one other embodiment, having two slugs in the field rather than one might increase the sensitivity to position and would require half of the energy. In addition large variations in force could be avoided making the control system more predictable and stable.
In yet another embodiment using a high voltage drive, this is a size reduction play by substituting the two-capacitor drive with a single smaller capacitor. The rationale for the dual capacitor drive is that the resistance drops for the two capacitors in parallel and the circulating currents in the coils should be reduced. Substitution of a single capacitor will result in an increase in resistance and hence the current requirement goes up and therefore there is a loss of efficiency of charge storage because of the increase in the voltage drop.
In a further aspect of the present invention, a mechanical inbound/electric withdrawal configuration may be used for penetrating member actuation and withdrawal.
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In one embodiment of the present invention, a DC Gear motor may be used as the device 1310. In an embodiment similar that shown in
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a stepper motor may also be used as the device 1310. The stepper motor can replace the gear motor and tend to run at a lower speed. It can run open loop so that position feedback would not be required. These motors are precise and would give amore compact package and better control method. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a inductive motor may be used. This was the very first concept investigated for driving the lancet due to its ability to move penetrating members at high speeds and large throw. Unfortunately it is not very efficient due hysteretic losses, and the control problem is complicated.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a nanomuscle may be used as device 1310. Nanomuscle actuators are based on shape memory alloys, that, when heated, their crystalline structures change and this result in mechanical contraction. Current is passed through the alloys to heat them. They claim to be over five times more efficient than a DC micro actuator of the equivalent size, faster and lighter. In one embodiment, they are about the size of a paperclip and are capable of 1,000,000 actuations. There are also supposed to produce rated force over their entire trajectory and allow position, speed and force to be controlled. In one embodiment, the extent of the nanomuscle stroke is about 4.0 mm, which should be enough to cover shallow lancing depth for a range of skin types. For a higher displacement or throw, several nano-muscles could be placed in series, thus raising the cost. Power consumption in the nanomuscle actuator is much less on the retraction phase than the actuation phase, which is why these devices were suggested for lancet withdrawal.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a liquid magnetic coil may be used as device 1310. Energy stored in a compressed spring, gas, or other means is released to actuate a penetrating member towards the skin or an anatomical feature. In one nonlimiting example, the velocity trajectory of the penetrating member is controlled by an iron-loaded fluid that changes viscosity in response to an imposed magnetic field. The current can be switched on when a desired slowing in the spring withdrawal (or inbound trajectory—see below for details and drawing) to produce a controlled withdrawal profile. The withdrawal profile could be computer controlled so that switching on the field occurs in a specified pattern to simulate the best profile.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a electromechanical hybrid may be used. As a nonlimiting example, cheap electronic drive for inbound (hybrid spring and magnetic fluid), combined with cheap electronic for withdrawal using the same hybrid design may be a way to design a cost effective device with performance requirements to achieve low pain and spontaneity. Alternatively a motor can be used to control the retraction rate of the lancet from the skin if it is more cost effective or performs better on the withdrawal phase. Many miniaturized motors tested have been deficient in either the inbound speed or the throw, so it may be that two different engine types will have to be contemplated to achieve the speed and throw of the current design.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a hybrid liquid magnetic coil may be used. A version of the hybrid electromechancial device for both actuation and retraction is shown below. The electromagnetic field generator 1052 is coupled to a power source 1054 controlled by a processor 1012.
Some embodiments of the present invention may also be configured to use a mechanical inbound with slow mechanical withdrawal or outbound device. As a nonlimiting example similar to that used with a cassette player lid, a dashpot device and would be coupled with a spring. This is a WYSIWYG system, so withdrawal will be at a (uncontrolled) uniform rate. No user definable withdrawal profile is the disadvantage of this set up.
In another nonlimiting example, a wax or other material with high thermal coefficient of expansion could be heated. As it expands and displaces a piston, it is coupled to a mechanism to withdraw the lancet. Similar to nanomuscle in actuation by heating.
In a still further nonlimiting example, a piezo electric bending mechanism may be used. There are electromechanical transducers that possess high motion and voltage sensitivity. Generally in motor applications two piezoelectric sheets are bonded together, one layer expands laterally and the other layer contracts when an electric field is applied. The opposing strains result in a deflection, which is proportional to the applied voltage, generating a displacement at low levels of electrical drive.
In a still further nonlimiting example, a traction drive may be used. A spinning rubber tire running at constant speed driven by DC motor drives a flat plate in contact with its outer circumference to withdraw the lancet and compressing the actuation spring This can be used in the same manner to actuate as well as withdraw the device.
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While the invention has been described and illustrated with reference to certain particular embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations, changes, modifications, substitutions, deletions, or additions of procedures and protocols may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, with any of the above embodiments, the location of the penetrating member drive device may be varied, relative to the penetrating members or the cartridge. With any of the above embodiments, the penetrating member tips may be uncovered during actuation (i.e. penetrating members do not pierce the penetrating member enclosure or protective foil during launch). With any of the above embodiments, the penetrating members may be a bare penetrating member during launch. With any of the above embodiments, the penetrating members may be bare penetrating members prior to launch as this may allow for significantly tighter densities of penetrating members. In some embodiments, the penetrating members may be bent, curved, textured, shaped, or otherwise treated at a proximal end or area to facilitate handling by an actuator. The penetrating member may be configured to have a notch or groove to facilitate coupling to a gripper. The notch or groove may be formed along an elongate portion of the penetrating member. With any of the above embodiments, the cavity may be on the bottom or the top of the cartridge, with the gripper on the other side. In some embodiments, analyte detecting members may be printed on the top, bottom, or side of the cavities. The front end of the cartridge maybe in contact with a user during lancing. The same driver may be used for advancing and retraction of the penetrating member. The penetrating member may have a diameters and length suitable for obtaining the blood volumes described herein. The penetrating member driver may also be in substantially the same plane as the cartridge. The driver may use a through hole or other opening to engage a proximal end of a penetrating member to actuate the penetrating member along a path into and out of the tissue.
Any of the features described in this application or any reference disclosed herein may be adapted for use with any embodiment of the present invention. For example, the devices of the present invention may also be combined for use with injection penetrating members or needles as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/127,395 filed Apr. 19, 2002. An analyte detecting member to detect the presence of foil may also be included in the lancing apparatus. For example, if a cavity has been used before, the foil or sterility barrier will be punched. The analyte detecting member can detect if the cavity is fresh or not based on the status of the barrier. It should be understood that in optional embodiments, the sterility barrier may be designed to pierce a sterility barrier of thickness that does not dull a tip of the penetrating member. The lancing apparatus may also use improved drive mechanisms. For example, a solenoid force generator may be improved to try to increase the amount of force the solenoid can generate for a given current. A solenoid for use with the present invention may have five coils and in the present embodiment the slug is roughly the size of two coils. One change is to increase the thickness of the outer metal shell or windings surround the coils. By increasing the thickness, the flux will also be increased. The slug may be split; two smaller slugs may also be used and offset by ½ of a coil pitch. This allows more slugs to be approaching a coil where it could be accelerated. This creates more events where a slug is approaching a coil, creating a more efficient system.
In another optional alternative embodiment, a gripper in the inner end of the protective cavity may hold the penetrating member during shipment and after use, eliminating the feature of using the foil, protective end, or other part to retain the used penetrating member. Some other advantages of the disclosed embodiments and features of additional embodiments include: same mechanism for transferring the used penetrating members to a storage area; a high number of penetrating members such as 25, 50, 75, 100, 500, or more penetrating members may be put on a disk or cartridge; molded body about a lancet becomes unnecessary; manufacturing of multiple penetrating member devices is simplified through the use of cartridges; handling is possible of bare rods metal wires, without any additional structural features, to actuate them into tissue; maintaining extreme (better than 50 micron-lateral- and better than 20 micron vertical) precision in guiding; and storage system for new and used penetrating members, with individual cavities/slots is provided. The housing of the lancing device may also be sized to be ergonomically pleasing. In one embodiment, the device has a width of about 56 mm, a length of about 105 mm and a thickness of about 15 mm. Additionally, some embodiments of the present invention may be used with non-electrical force generators or drive mechanism. For example, the punch device and methods for releasing the penetrating members from sterile enclosures could be adapted for use with spring based launchers. The gripper using a frictional coupling may also be adapted for use with other drive technologies.
Still further optional features may be included with the present invention. For example, with any of the above embodiments, the location of the penetrating member drive device may be varied, relative to the penetrating members or the cartridge. With any of the above embodiments, the penetrating member tips may be uncovered during actuation (i.e. penetrating members do not pierce the penetrating member enclosure or protective foil during launch). The penetrating members may be a bare penetrating member during launch. In some embodiments, the penetrating member may be a patent needle. The same driver may be used for advancing and retraction of the penetrating member. Different analyte detecting members detecting different ranges of glucose concentration, different analytes, or the like may be combined for use with each penetrating member. Non-potentiometric measurement techniques may also be used for analyte detection. For example, direct electron transfer of glucose oxidase molecules adsorbed onto carbon nanotube powder microelectrode may be used to measure glucose levels. In some embodiments, the analyte detecting members may formed to flush with the cartridge so that a “well” is not formed. In some other embodiments, the analyte detecting members may formed to be substantially flush (within 200 microns or 100 microns) with the cartridge surfaces. In all methods, nanoscopic wire growth can be carried out via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In all of the embodiments of the invention, preferred nanoscopic wires may be nanotubes. Any method useful for depositing a glucose oxidase or other analyte detection material on a nanowire or nanotube may be used with the present invention. Additionally, for some embodiments, any of the cartridge shown above may be configured without any of the penetrating members, so that the cartridge is simply an analyte detecting device. Still further, the indexing of the cartridge may be such that adjacent cavities may not necessarily be used serially or sequentially. As a nonlimiting example, every second cavity may be used sequentially, which means that the cartridge will go through two rotations before every or substantially all of the cavities are used. As another nonlimiting example, a cavity that is 3 cavities away, 4 cavities away, or N cavities away may be the next one used. This may allow for greater separation between cavities containing penetrating members that were just used and a fresh penetrating member to be used next. It should be understood that the spring-based drivers shown in the present invention (
This application cross-references commonly assigned copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/323,622 filed Dec. 18, 2002; commonly assigned copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/323,623 filed Dec. 18, 2002; and commonly assigned copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/323,624 filed Dec. 18, 2002. This application is also related to commonly assigned copending U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 10/335,142, 10/335,215, 10/335,258, 10/335,099, 10/335,219, 10/335,052, 10/335,073, 10/335,220, 10/335,252, 10/335,218, 10/335,211, 10/335,257, 10/335,217, 10/335,212, and 10/335,241, 10/335,183, filed Dec. 31, 2002. All applications listed above are fully incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. Expected variations or differences in the results are contemplated in accordance with the objects and practices of the present invention. It is intended, therefore, that the invention be defined by the scope of the claims which follow and that such claims be interpreted as broadly as is reasonable.
This application is a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 10/613,517, filed Jul. 3, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,892,183 and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/452,815 filed May 30, 2003. Said Ser. No. 10/613,517 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/323,622 filed on Dec. 18, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,708,701 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/127,395 filed Apr. 19, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,025,774. Said Ser. No. 10/613,517 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/237,261 filed Sep. 5, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,344,507. All applications listed above are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
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| 0901018 | Mar 1999 | EP |
| 0470649 | Jun 1999 | EP |
| 0847447 | Nov 1999 | EP |
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