公开(公告)号：CA2306728A1

公开(公告)日：1999-04-29

申请号：CA2306728

申请日：1998-10-20

Applicant: ABBOTT LAB

Inventor： LOOMIS NEIL W ,  BOJAN PETE M ,  GRACE JOHN P ,  NOONAN KRISTIN ,  SCHAPIRA THOMAS G ,  LOWERY MICHAEL G ,  KOTLARIK JOHN J ,  SCHMIDT DANIEL D ,  TUNG-MING HUANG ,  POPE MARK R ,  HILTIBRAN GLEN ,  WONG SIE TING ,  CUNNINGHAM DAVID DEAN ,  TARKOWSKI BRIAN JOSEPH

IPC: A61B10/02 ,  A61B5/15 ,  A61B10/00 ,  A61B17/132

Abstract: The present invention involves apparatus and methods for use in collecting bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, from the epidermal layer of an animal. A preferred apparatus includes a pressure head and, optionally, a holder therefor for supplying a positive pressure to the head. The methods include the application of a positive pressure to the area surrounding an epidermal site from which stratum corneum has been breached, such as by laser ablation, to cause bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, to exude from the site and collecting the fluids exuding therefrom.