A body fluid sampling device (100) provides a user with the ability to sample and/or analyze a fluid in the body (body fluid) such as blood, puss or venom. The device (100) includes at least: a body fluid reservoir for containing the sampled body fluid and a fluid extraction mechanism including at least one conduit or needle connected to a conduit injection and retraction mechanism and a vacuum reservoir. After connecting the body fluid reservoir to the sampling device, a vacuum seal of the body fluid reservoir is adapted to be broken so as to cause the sucking of the body fluid into the body fluid reservoir. The sampling device (100) aids in executing a method (200) of the invention consisting of collecting body fluid such as capillary blood samples without the intervention of medically trained personnel. The sampling device (100) enables the user to: (a) sample a body fluid, optionally auto-sampling; (b) optionally, using one or more droplet(s) of the sampled body fluid, to immediately analyze the body fluid; and (c) provide a medical analysis tube (4000) meeting size and interface standards filled with the sampled body fluid for analysis in a point of care or medical lab. The sampling device includes a vacuum tube and an interface therefor. The vacuum tube provides the suction necessary to draw the body fluid from the user/patient and to fill the vacuum tube with the body fluid.

Blood sampling device comprising a lancet body supporting a lancet tip, said lancet being moveably mounted within a housing, an urging member configured to urge said lancet forwardly in said housing in use from a primed position in which said lancet tip is located within a passage to a lancing position in which said lancet tip projects through an aperture in the forward end of the housing and a removable safety cap. The housing and said safety cap comprise cooperating abutment surfaces and cooperating stop surfaces, with the safety cap being rotatable in a first direction from a first blocked position in which said cooperating abutment surfaces are in abutment alignment to prevent removal of said safety cap from said housing to a second position in which said cooperating abutment surfaces are not in abutment alignment such that said safety cap can be removed from said housing; and wherein said stop surfaces cooperate to limit further rotation of said safety cap in said first direction when said safety cap is in said second position.

A finger receptacle having an elongated, flexible sleeve having a length defined between a proximal end and a distal end, the sleeve further comprising a support base, a ceiling and a top surface defining a longitudinal axis X, whereby the sleeve is adapted to bias toward a radially contracted state and when urged into a radially expanded state effects a radial compression action about the length to releasably secure a finger within the receptacle; and at least one angled projection extending from the ceiling and top surface at the distal end of the sleeve, the at least one angled projection angled inwardly from the longitudinal axis X of the ceiling and adapted to contact a nail of the finger releasably secured in the sleeve at the distal end of the receptacle to effect a second compression action. The invention further related to devices of blood capture and blood collection and those that incorporate said receptacle or a finger compression sleeve.

A device for collecting a physiological sample from a subject includes a lancet with a needle that is configured to puncture the subject’s skin and a cartridge configured to engage with the lancet. The lancet is configured to transition the needle from an undeployed position to a deployed position in response to engagement with the cartridge, thereby allowing the needle to puncture the subject’s skin.

The present disclosure relates to a blood collection device, including: a shell; a blade seat, arranged in the shell; an elastic component for providing an elastic force for pivoting the blade seat; a triggering portion, including an operating end and an abutting end, wherein the triggering portion has a first position and a second position for pivoting, the operating end extends to the outside of the shell, the abutting end is located in the shell, based on the operation of the operating end, the triggering portion is suitable for pivoting from the first position that prevents the blade seat from pivoting to the second position that allows the blade seat to pivot based on the elastic force of the elastic component, wherein: a cooperation column is arranged in the shell and is located at the upper side of the triggering portion spaced from the triggering portion; and an elastic arm is connected to the upper side of the triggering portion, the end part of the elastic arm includes a blocking portion, the end part of the elastic arm is suitable for being located on one side of the cooperation column when the triggering portion is at the first position, and is located on the other side of the cooperation column when the triggering portion pivots from the first position to the second position, and the blocking portion provides resistance for the end part of the elastic arm while moving from one side of the cooperation column to the other side.

A biological fluid sampling device for collecting a blood sample from a separate vascular access device and for ejecting a portion of the collected sample to a point-of-care testing device for analysis is provided. The biological fluid sampling device includes a body enclosing a reservoir. The reservoir has an internal volume sufficient to contain enough blood for use in a diagnostic test. The sampling device further includes: an access lumen extending from a distal end of the body for establishing fluid communication between a separate vascular access device and the reservoir; an outflow lumen also in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a removable vented cap attached to the outflow lumen including a gas permeable vent in gaseous communication between the reservoir and ambient air. In addition, several sample and transfer devices are provided for obtaining a sample from a subject and transferring the sample to a point-of-care testing device.

Provided is a transdermal microneedle array patch, including: a bottom cover; a top cover; a substrate disposed within the top cover; and a first probe and a second probe disposed between the bottom cover and the top cover and electrically connected the substrate. The first and second probes form an open circuit. While the bottom cover is combined with the top cover to form the transdermal microneedle array patch, the first and second probes form a closed circuit.

Disclosed herein are devices, apparatus, systems, methods and kits for collecting and storing a fluid sample from a subject. A device for collecting the fluid sample can include a housing comprising a recess having an opening, a vacuum chamber in the housing and in fluidic communication with the recess, and one or more piercing elements that are extendable through the opening to penetrate skin of the subject. The vacuum chamber can be configured for having a vacuum that draws the skin into the recess. The recess can be configured having a size or shape that enables an increased volume of the fluid sample to be accumulated in the skin drawn into the recess.

The present invention generally relates to devices and techniques associated with diagnostics, therapies, and other applications, including skin-associated applications, for example, devices for delivering and/or withdrawing fluid from subjects, e.g., through the skin. In some embodiments, the device includes a system for accessing an extractable medium from and/or through the skin of the subject at an access site, and a pressure regulator supported by a support structure, able to create a pressure differential across the skin at at least a portion of the access site. The device may also include, in some cases, a sensor supported by the support structure for determining at least one condition of the extractable medium from the subject, and optionally a signal generator supported by the support structure for generating a signal relating to the condition of the medium determined by the sensor.