Cynthia S Katsingris

US Patent:

20130066251, Mar 14, 2013

Filed:

Sep 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/227683

Inventors:

Cynthia Katsingris - Westfield NJ, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/38

US Classification:

604 1

Abstract:

A multiple-use blotting device for blotting blood from a fingertip includes a substrate, and a blood absorbing pad secured to the substrate. The blood absorbing pad has a plurality of blood absorbing sections that are evenly spaced from one another. The blotting device includes a protective cover overlying the blood absorbing pad, the protective cover having a window formed therein for exposing the blood absorbing pad. The cover is coupled with the substrate and is adapted to rotate relative to the substrate and the blood absorbing pad for sequentially aligning the window of the cover with each of the blood absorbing sections for exposing, one at a time, each of the blood absorbing sections. After one section of the pad has been used to blot blood, the cover is rotated for exposing a clean, unused section of the pad, while covering the used, blood-soaked section of the pad.