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Document | Title | Date |
20080228212 | LANCET DEVICE - The present invention relates to lancet device by which a lancet is displaceable along a piercing path to generate a piercing wound in a skin surface, in particular to obtain body fluid for diagnostic purposes. To achieve performance of a piercing movement which is low in noise and shock, the lancet drive may include a control unit for regulating the piercing depth of the lancet and the lancet may be implemented to oscillate freely out in the piercing direction without delimitation by a mechanical piercing depth stop. | 09-18-2008 |
20080243161 | Disposable lancet with re-cocking prevention means - A lancet includes a proximal mounting platform; a shuttle biasing spring extending distally from the mounting platform; a shuttle having distally protruding needle, the shuttle being mounted on the shuttle biasing spring; a housing first section having a tubular first section side wall engagingly fitted to the mounting platform and fitted in telescopic relation to a tubular second section side wall of a housing second section which has a distal needle passing opening; a shuttle cocking mechanism including a shuttle shoulder having a shoulder distal face, two spaced apart and resilient shuttle engaging arms extending distally from the mounting platform and tilted toward each other and having inwardly protruding grip fingers positioned to fit over the shoulder distal face and thus engage the shuttle shoulder, and having outwardly ramped distal arm tips obstructing and deflecting re-entry of the shuttle between the engaging arms. | 10-02-2008 |
20080249555 | Puncturing System - A puncturing system for obtaining a body fluid sample includes a lancet that is accelerated by a puncturing drive for a puncturing motion in the direction of puncturing, whereby the puncturing system comprises an adjustment facility for adjusting the puncturing depth up to which a lancet penetrates into the body of a patient during a puncture. The adjustment facility includes a limit stop element that can be moved transverse to the direction of puncturing and comprises a first side that faces the body of a patient during a puncture and a second side having a limit stop surface against which a limit stop that is connected to the lancet hits during a puncture. The distance from the limit stop surface to the first side of the limit stop element with respect to the lancet changes as the limit step element is moved in a direction transverse to the direction of puncturing. Accordingly, movement of the limit stop element transverse to the direction of puncturing may be used to adjust the distance that the tip of a lancet projects beyond a first side of the limit stop element during a puncture. | 10-09-2008 |
20080319469 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device for obtaining a blood sample from a finger or at an alternate site of a patient. The lancet device includes a body and a lancet, the lancet being movable between a retracted position in which the lancet tip is disposed within the body and an extended position in which the lancet tip extends beyond the body. The device is cocked by compressing a U-shaped spring steel accessible on opposite sides of the body, the U-shaped spring steel being coupled to the lancet. Once cocked, a pawl retains the U-shaped spring steel in a compressed state. The device is fired by contacting the patient where sampling is to occur with one end of an actuator, the opposite end of the actuator serving to release the pawl from the U-shaped spring steel. | 12-25-2008 |
20090030442 | Disposable assembly containing a skin piercing element - The invention relates to devices used in the fields of drag delivery or sampling. More particularly, it relates to a disposable assembly which is fitted to an actuator device which causes the skin piercing element to enter the skin to deliver a drug (or other substance) or take a sample. Preferably the assembly is “made safe” after actuation, such that the disposable assembly can't be reused and more preferably still the skin piercing element is safely housed in the assembly such that it does not constitute a “sharps” risk. | 01-29-2009 |
20090036915 | LANCET DEVICE - The lancet device includes a housing and a lancet having a puncturing element. The lancet is disposed within the housing and is adapted for axial movement between an initial or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward opening in the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet toward the puncturing position, and a retraction or return spring for returning the lancet to a position within the housing where the puncturing element is disposed within the housing. The retraction spring thereafter maintains engagement with the lancet to assist in preventing the puncturing element from again projecting outward from the forward opening in the housing. | 02-05-2009 |
20090036916 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device includes a puncture needle that receives a biasing force applied by a coil spring and is projected toward the tip side, and is retracted by the biasing force applied by a return spring. In the lancet device a colliding part and the a collision receiving part are made to collide when the puncture needle is projected, and an abutting stopping member elastically deforms. The colliding part is a part of the lancet holder that holds a puncture needle. The collision receiving part is a part of the abutting stopping member. The contact part of the abutting stopping member moves in the direction of the colliding part and comes into contact with the colliding part by the elastic deformation of this abutting stopping member, and the force that retracts the lancet holder is weakened. | 02-05-2009 |
20090043326 | Lancet Release Mechanism - A lancet-release mechanism is adapted to be incorporated into a lancing device. The lancing device is adapted to receive a lancet assembly therein. The lancing device is adapted to move the lancet assembly between a resting position, a cocking position, and a puncture position. The lancet-release mechanism comprises a lancet holder and a cantilever beam. The lancet holder forms a central aperture. The central aperture is adapted to receive the lancet assembly therein. The lancet holder further forms a plurality of protuberances thereon. The cantilever beam has a projection extending therefrom. The projection is adapted to engage the plurality of protuberances located on the lancet holder The projection is adapted to separate the plurality of protuberances from each other so as to enlarge the central aperture. | 02-12-2009 |
20090048621 | SINGLE-USE SKIN PRICKING DEVICE - A single-use skin pricking device ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090054920 | Single-Handed, Reduced Vibration Lancing Device - A lancing device includes a housing, at least two ramps, a lancet holder, a drive spring, and an activation mechanism. The housing includes first and second ends, and a first wall. The first end has an aperture extending therethrough and the first wall has an opening extending therethrough. The two ramps are located within the housing and forms a channel therebetween. The lancet holder is partially contained within the channel formed by the ramps and holds a lancet. The activation mechanism includes a user-accessible component and a plate spring. A portion of the user-accessible component extends through the opening and is external to the housing. The plate spring engages the ramps forming the channel and the lancet holder upon depression of the user-accessible component, the lancet holder moves towards the second end to a cocked position. Upon further depression of the user-accessible component, the lancet holder moves toward the first end to a puncture position. | 02-26-2009 |
20090069833 | DISPOSABLE LANCET - The disposable lancet mainly contains a resilient needle body with two arms extended forward into a Y shape with a needle between the two arms. The two arms and the needle of the needle body are housed inside a sleeve member and the combination is slidably installed inside an enclosure. When the lancet is not yet used, the arms are blocked by two wedges of the sleeve member and the needle is hidden and protected inside the sleeve member. By compressing the sleeve member into the enclosure, the arms are forced out of the blockage and the needle body is driven forward by its resilience to penetrate through the sleeve member to draw blood. As the needle body retreats back into the sleeve member, the sleeve member is locked by the enclosure and cannot return to its un-used state. | 03-12-2009 |
20090082798 | Lancing Device for One Skin Puncture - A lancing device comprises a main housing, a movable housing, and a damping ring. The main housing forming an inner aperture that encloses a portion of a lancet assembly. The lancet assembly has a lancet body, a lancet-plunger housing, and a lance. The lancet assembly is adapted to move between a resting position, a cocking position, and a puncture position. The movable housing is adjacent to the main housing. The moveable housing is adapted to move from a resting position to a cocking position. The moveable housing is adapted to connect to the lancet assembly. The damping ring is adapted to engage the lancet assembly as the lancet assembly moves from the puncture position back towards the resting position to reduce movement of the lancet assembly back towards the puncture position. | 03-26-2009 |
20090088787 | LANCET AND LANCING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a lancet (X | 04-02-2009 |
20090093831 | Reconfigurable intergrated lancet system - A reconfigurable integrated lancet system comprises a testing device having a housing, a lancet holding device frame, a lancet, and at least one connection mechanism. The lancet holding device frame is adapted to fasten around a periphery of the housing of the testing device. The lancet holding device frame has a first lock receiving region. The lancet has a second lock receiving region. The at least one connection mechanism has a first locking end and a second locking end. The first locking end is adapted to interact within the first lock receiving region of the lancet holding device frame, to connect the connection mechanism to the lancet holding device frame. The second locking end is adapted to interact within the second lock receiving region of the lancet, to connect the connection mechanism to the lancet. | 04-09-2009 |
20090093832 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device includes a shot prevention mechanism for preventing re-shooting using a used lancet, that inhibits movement to a shot-ready completion state where a puncture body is held at different positions within a casing before and after use. A holding position of the puncture body within the casing before use is different than a holding position after use. When the used lancet is fitted to a main body, a stopper plate does not operate, and a setting release button remains in a depressed state and does not pushed up. | 04-09-2009 |
20090099585 | LANCING DEVICE WITH MULTI-LANCET CARTRIDGE - A lancing device and a removable and replaceable multi-lancet cartridge for use in connection therewith are disclosed. The multi-lancet cartridge is advanced through sequential lancets, and anti-reverse features prevent reverse advancement of the cartridge. Interlocks are provided to prevent double-cocking the device, to reduce the likelihood of jamming of the mechanism. Improved trigger mechanisms and depth control mechanisms are provided. | 04-16-2009 |
20090099586 | COMPACT MULTI-USE LANCING DEVICE - A multi-use micro-sampling or lancing device having an outer housing, a lancet holder that engages a lancet and constrains the lancet along a controlled and pre-defined path of travel during the lancing stroke, and a drive mechanism with a pair of opposed, off-axis torsion springs working in tandem to drive and return the lancet holder through its lancing stroke. | 04-16-2009 |
20090105741 | LANCING DEVICE WITH FLOATING LANCET - A lancing device including a drive mechanism with a drive spring and a lancet carrier engaged and driven by the drive spring, and further including a lancet with a sharp lancing tip, wherein the lancet floats relative to the carrier and is decoupled from the drive mechanism during at least a portion of a lancing stroke. In one example embodiment the lancet is held in a sled that floats in the carrier, and in another example embodiment the lancet by itself floats in the carrier. | 04-23-2009 |
20090118753 | ROTARY-ACTUATED MEDICAL PUNCTURING DEVICE - The medical puncturing device includes an actuator, a shield, and a skin puncturing assembly. The actuator and shield are movable relative to one another. The skin puncturing assembly includes a carrier and a skin puncturing element. A distal end of the skin puncturing element is adapted for puncturing the skin of a patient. The carrier is movable from a retracted position wherein the distal end of the skin puncturing element is disposed within the shield to a puncturing position wherein the distal end of the skin puncturing element is exposed to puncture the skin of a patient. The carrier is maintained in the retracted position by interference engagement between the carrier and shield. A drive spring is provided to move the carrier from the retracted to puncturing positions. A retraction spring is provided to return the carrier to a position wherein the shield encompasses the skin puncturing element. | 05-07-2009 |
20090118754 | PATIENT'S SKIN PUNCTURING DEVICE - The device comprises a body ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090125048 | LANCING DEVICE WITH INDEPENDENT DRIVE CORE - A medical lancing device including an independent drive core mechanism incorporating all or a substantial portion of the functional components of the lancing device, whereby the independent drive core mechanism can be incorporated into multiple different external housing configurations for more efficient design and manufacture. Axial adjustment of the position of the independent drive core mechanism within the housing provides lancing penetration depth control. | 05-14-2009 |
20090131966 | Single-puncture lancing system - A lancing device ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090143810 | Lancet Assembly and Pricking Device - A lancet assembly that enables it to prick with smaller number of steps and be disposed safely. The lancet assembly comprising a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet, wherein
| 06-04-2009 |
20090187204 | LANCET NEEDLE CARTRIDGE, CARTRIDGE LANCET DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING AND MAKING THE SAME - Assembly for use on a device includes a member comprising a plurality of lancet needles arranged generally parallel to each other and one of a cap comprising a single lancet opening structured and arranged to receive therein an end portion of a finger tip and a cap comprising a plurality of openings which are each sized to allow one of the lancet needles to pass therethrough. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 07-23-2009 |
20090198265 | PUNCTURE DEVICE AND PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE - A puncture device is constituted such that a plunger ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090204139 | LANCET CASSETTE AND LANCET EJECTING DEVICE, AND LANCET ASSEMBLY COMPOSED OF THESE MEMBERS - A lancet cassette includes a lancet having a pricking member for piercing a predetermined portion and a container having a space in which the lancet moves, characterized in that the lancet cassette is capable of mounting a thin sensor element thereon, and a moving direction of the pricking member of the lancet intersects an extending plane of the sensor element in the vicinity of a leading end of the sensor element. Such cassette is used to form a lancet assembly. | 08-13-2009 |
20090264911 | SINGLE-USE DISPOSABLE LANCING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A single-use disposable lancing apparatus configured to extend and rapidly retract a lancet needle for reduced pain in taking body fluid samples, such as blood samples from skin. Embodiments include use of differential pressure, pneumatics, partial vacuum, compressed gas or fluid to actuate the lancet needle. Variations include the use of relatively increased pressure in an anterior chamber, relatively decreased pressure in a posterior chamber, or both. Additional optional springs may be used to supplement the pressure driven actuation of the lancing apparatus. | 10-22-2009 |
20090275968 | Lancet Assembly - In a lancet assembly including a lancet | 11-05-2009 |
20090275969 | Lancet Assembly - There is provided a lancet assembly with a possibility of the lancet structure being inadvertently pushed without an intension of pricking. | 11-05-2009 |
20090287237 | SKIN PRICKING DEVICE - A skin pricking device includes first ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090299397 | Single Use Lancing Device - A lancing device comprises a housing, a trigger button, a drive spring and a protective cap. The housing forms an aperture and an opening opposite thereof. A lancet partially extends through the aperture. The trigger button is located near the opening. At least a portion of the trigger button is external to the housing. The drive spring is attached to and connects the lancet and the trigger button. The drive spring moves the lancet from the cocked position to the puncture position. The protective cap is removeably attached to the lancet opposite the drive spring and engages the housing when the cap is removeably attached to the lancet. The cap prevents the drive spring from moving the lancet to the puncture position prior to removing the cap from the lancet. | 12-03-2009 |
20090299398 | Lancet Assembly and Pricking Device - There is provided the pricking device that allows it to load the unspent lancet assembly into the injector, and that inhibits loading of the unspent lancet assembly into the injector. The pricking device has the notched portion formed on the edge of the opening end of the lancet holder, and the plate spring component is provided on the inner wall of the housing of the injector. One end of the plate spring component is secured to the injector housing, whereas the other end of plate spring component is free end, and the tip end portion of the free end being provided with the hook-shaped portion. In the spent lancet assembly, the notched portion engages with the hook-shaped portion so that the loading becomes impossible. In the unspent lancet assembly in which the lancet body is secured to the lancet holder such that the protrusion of the lancet body is located rearward with respect to the notched portion, the protrusion serves to expand the free end outwardly so that the notched portion does not engage with the hook-shaped portion. As a result, the unspent lancet assembly can be inserted into the injector. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306696 | Lancet - The present invention relates to a lancet | 12-10-2009 |
20100010528 | Disposable single-swing-arm incision safety lancet - A disposable single-swing-arm incision safety lancet is provided, which includes a casing ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100010529 | Disposable incision safety lancet - A disposable incision safety lancet is provided, including a casing ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100023045 | Lancet, Lancet Supply Ribbon, and Puncturing Device for Generating a Puncturing Wound - The invention refers to a puncturing device for generating a puncturing wound by means of a replaceable lancet that comprises a coupling element for transmitting a torque, whereby the puncturing device comprises a lancet drive which, for a puncture, transmits a torque to an inserted lancet that is coupled to the lancet drive by means of its coupling element such that the inserted lancet performs a puncturing motion in the form of a rotational motion about a geometric axis. According to embodiments of the invention, the geometric axis extends through the coupling element. The invention also refers to a lancet supply ribbon comprising lancets for such device and lancets comprising a lancet body having a lancet tip, whereby the lancet body, for coupling to a lancet drive of a puncturing device, comprises a coupling element by means of which the lancet can be made to perform a rotational motion and has a test field for assaying a body fluid sample to which a body fluid sample can be supplied only after the lancet tip has been pulled out of a puncturing wound that has been generated. | 01-28-2010 |
20100042131 | COCKING MECHANISM FOR LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device is disclosed in which cocking of the lancet holder is achieved in response to retraction of a push member. A lancing device is also disclosed in which a lancet storage compartment is provided in the housing of the lancing device and closing movement of a closure member for the storage compartment has the effect of cocking the lancet holder. Methods of cocking lancing devices are also disclosed. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042132 | SIDE LOADING LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device including a rail having opposed side surfaces, a lancet that is receivable on the rail, and a firing mechanism configured to propel the lancet. The lancet has a sharp tip and a body configured to engage the opposed side surfaces of the rail. | 02-18-2010 |
20100049232 | COLLAPSIBLE LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device for use with a removable lancet having a sharp tip. The lancet includes a housing. The lancing device can include a handle connected to the housing for movement between a storage position, where the housing and handle are configured to be compactly stowed, and a use position, where the housing and handle are configured to be grasped by a user to perform the piercing operation. The lancing device can include an opening formed in the housing and a tray that is moveable with respect to the housing between an open position, where the lancet can be installed on or removed from the tray, and a closed position, where the lancet can be utilized to perform a piercing operation. The lancing device can include a structure moveable with respect to the housing between a first position, where a first piercing aperture is defined, and a second position, where a second piercing aperture is defined, where the second piercing aperture is larger than the first piercing aperture. | 02-25-2010 |
20100049233 | LANCET HAVING INTEGRATED DRIVE MECHANISM - A lancet for use with a lancing device is provided. The lancet includes a lancet body and a drive mechanism attached to the lancet body. A needle projects from an end of the lancet body. The drive mechanism is operative in response to insertion of the lancet in the lancing device to bias the lancet toward a pricking position. | 02-25-2010 |
20100049234 | Lancet Assembly - There is provided a pricking device which makes possible to isolate a distal end portion of a pricking element from its surrounding as much as possible while it is exposed from a lancet body, followed by taking out of an injector. | 02-25-2010 |
20100057119 | MULTI-LANCET CARTRIDGE AND LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device including a replaceable multi-lancet cartridge The lancing device includes a drive mechanism an activation mechanism, and an advancing mechanism The advancing mechanism includes a linear-pull slide controls an indexing mechanism, a charger mechanism, and a cap-displacement mechanism. The indexing mechanism sequentially advances the lancets to an active position The charger mechanism charges the drive mechanism and removes the lancet caps And the cap-displacement mechanism moves the separated caps from the lancing stroke path The activation mechanism then releases the charged lancet to traverse the lancing stroke path to pierce the subject's skin Some embodiments include an anti-reverse mechanism to prevent reuse of the lancets, and some include an emergency lancet reuse mechanism that permits emergency reuse of the last lancet And some embodiments include a movable depth-control wall for providing control and adjustment of the lancing penetration depth. | 03-04-2010 |
20100082055 | LANCER - A lancer device that enables a user to draw blood from a patient and discard the used lancet without touching it. The device also has an adjustable tip for selecting the depth of stylet penetration into the patient and a triggering mechanism that utilizes a yoke latch and a leaf spring to discharge the lancet. The lancer also has a dampening feature to reduce vibrations when the lancet is moving. | 04-01-2010 |
20100094324 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device for ejecting a lancet having a pricking element protruding therefrom along an ejection axis is provided. The lancing device includes a front cap having an opening facing against an object to be pricked, a lancet holder slideable between a cocked position and a pricking position, and a safety switch moveable between a safety position and a passing position, wherein the pricking element extends beyond the opening when the lancet is ejected; the safety switch prevents the lancet holder form being cocked when the safety switch is in the safety position, and the safety switch allows the lancet holder to be cocked and moved when the safety switch is in the passing position. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094325 | Pricking system - A pricking system includes lancets for producing a prick wound, sampling devices for collecting a sample of a body fluid from the prick wound, a housing having an opening for application of a body part in which the prick wound is to be produced, a drive arranged in the housing for moving one of the lancets to produce the prick wound and to then move one of the sampling devices to the prick wound so produced, a coupling part for coupling to the drive one of the lancets for a pricking movement and then coupling to the drive one of the sampling devices for a sampling movement, the coupling part being moved, during the pricking movement and the sampling movement, respectively, from a starting position into an end position by an advancing movement, and from the end position back into the starting position by a reversing movement, respectively, and a motion control which, during the sampling movement, causes the coupling part to reach an end position that differs from the end position reached by the coupling part during the pricking movement, wherein the end position reached by the coupling part in the sampling movement is laterally displaced relative to the end position reached by the coupling part in the prickling movement. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100113 | LANCET FOR BLOOD COLLECTION AND PUNCTURE NEEDLE UNIT - A lancet having a slider with a puncture needle holding mechanism at one end thereof, and having a cam ring with a continuous cam groove, rotatable about a support shaft, and with a cam ring claw and an anti-return claw restricting the rotation. The lancet also having a ring spring applying a force to rotate the cam ring, having a rotatable stopper arm holding and releasing the rotation of the cam ring, and having a rotatable ratchet restricting the direction of rotation of the cam ring. A puncture needle unit including a puncture needle body integrally molded with a protrusion fitted to the lancet, a rotation stop rib, a puncture needle, and a puncture needle cap lightly pressed into the puncture needle body. | 04-22-2010 |
20100121368 | LANCET SYSTEM - A lancing system comprising a lancet with a handle portion to and a needle bearing portion, the needle bearing portion retaining a thin needle protected by a safety cap. The safety cap includes first and second chambers, where the first chamber acts as a sheath and the second chamber having a surface positioned to compromise the structure of the needle when the needle bearing portion of the lancet body is inserted into the second chamber. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125294 | LANCET ASSEMBLY - A lancet assembly | 05-20-2010 |
20100145377 | Lancing Device For Minimizing Pain - The present invention provides a lancing device designed for minimizing pain to the user, comprising a probe with cam profile responsible for controlling the lancet speed such that the lancet enters the skin relatively fast, decelerates smoothly and gradually to zero velocity at maximum depth of penetration and retracts slowly and controllably. The housing of the lancet comprises of leaf springs and set of guides for minimizing or eliminating pitching or vibration of the lancet during lancing, hence reducing the pain experienced by the user. The lancing device is further equipped with a gear-damper system for minimizing or eliminating noise produced during lancing process. | 06-10-2010 |
20100160941 | Disposable puncturing device and reusable handling device for a puncturing device - A puncturing device includes a band-shaped lancet carrier carrying a plurality of lancets, a transport mechanism for positioning the lancets sequentially in a launch position by moving the band-shaped lancet carrier, a lancet drive for accelerating one of the lancets from the launch position for a puncturing movement, the lancet drive comprising an energy storage for providing energy for the acceleration of the lancet, a trigger element for triggering the lancet drive to release energy from the energy storage to accelerate the lancet for a puncturing movement, and a housing which comprises at least two housing parts and encloses the band-shaped lancet carrier and the lancet drive, the housing having an opening against which a body part is pressed for puncturing by the lancet positioned in the launch position, wherein the transport mechanism comprises at least one part which is arranged in a fixed position with respect to the housing. The puncturing device is adapted for disposable use in that the housing parts were irreversibly connected upon enclosing the band-shaped lancet carrier, thereby sealing the band-shaped lancet carrier irremovably in the housing. A reusable handling device can also be used with the puncturing device. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160942 | LANCING DEVICE AND LANCET - A lancing device and lancet are provided with depth-control, lancet ejection, and/or guidance mechanisms. The depth-control mechanism includes a dial rotationally mounted at a distal end of the housing of the lancing device, the dial being coupled to a linkage whereby rotation of the dial imparts translational movement to a stop surface of the linkage to limit the stroke of the lancet and thereby control lancing penetration depth. The ejection mechanism includes an ejector that is advanced into contact with a transversely flared flange of the lancet to discharge the lancet from the lancing device. The guidance mechanism includes an inner guidance housing for restricting out-of-axis movement of a lancet carrier. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160943 | LANCING DEVICE AND LANCET - A lancing device and lancet are provided with depth-control, lancet ejection, and/or guidance mechanisms. The depth-control mechanism includes a dial rotationally mounted at a distal end of the housing of the lancing device, the dial being coupled to a linkage whereby rotation of the dial imparts translational movement to a stop surface of the linkage to limit the stroke of the lancet and thereby control lancing penetration depth. The ejection mechanism includes an ejector that is advanced into contact with a transversely flared flange of the lancet to discharge the lancet from the lancing device. The guidance mechanism includes an inner guidance housing for restricting out-of-axis movement of a lancet carrier. | 06-24-2010 |
20100168775 | PATIENT'S SKIN PUNCTURING DEVICE - A patient's skin puncturing device, particularly for collecting a blood sample for diagnostic purposes, comprises a housing ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100168776 | DISPOSABLE/SINGLE-USE BLADE LANCET DEVICE AND METHOD - Single-use blade lancet device includes a body having a rear end and a front end. A triggering mechanism has a blade tip opening and is mounted to the body. A blade member is movably mounted within the body and includes a front end and a rear end. The blade member is movable at least between a first retracted position, an extended position, and a second retracted position. A biasing arrangement biases the blade member from the first retracted position towards the extended position and then towards the second retracted position. A guiding arrangement guides the blade member while the blade member moves from the first retracted position towards the extended position and then towards the second retracted position. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 07-01-2010 |
20100174305 | LANCETS - A return spring arrangement for a lancet ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100179579 | LANCET-EJECT MECHANISM - A lancing device comprises a main housing, a movable housing and a pushbutton. The main housing encloses a portion of a lancing mechanism. The lancing mechanism includes a lancet holder attached to a shaft. The lancet holder receives a lancet and has a slot formed therein. The lancing mechanism moves between a rest position, a cocked position, and a puncture position. The movable housing is adjacent to the main housing. The movable housing moves from a rest position to a cocking position and a lancet-release position. The pushbutton allows the lancing mechanism to move from the cocked position to the puncture position upon depression of the pushbutton. The pushbutton includes a lancet-release tab that extends into the slot formed in the lancet holder and engages the lancet. The lancet is released from the lancet holder in response to the continued depression of the pushbutton and the movable housing is moved from the rest position to the lancet-release position. | 07-15-2010 |
20100185224 | SKIN-PIERCING DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF ACNE - The invention features a skin-piercing device having a piercing element and the use thereof of treating acne. | 07-22-2010 |
20100217300 | Single-puncture lancing system - A lancing mechanism is adapted to move between resting, cocking and puncture positions and comprises a lancet holder, a shaft, at least one spring and a mass. The shaft is attached to the lancet holder and has an enlarged end opposite the lancet holder. The spring surrounds at least a portion of the shaft and has first and second portions. The second portion of the spring is attached to the lancet holder. The spring drives the lancing mechanism between the cocking and puncture positions. The mass is located along the spring with the first and second portions of the spring extending on opposite sides of the mass. The mass is distinct from the lancet holder. The first portion dampens the lancing mechanism when moving from the puncture position to the resting position. | 08-26-2010 |
20100234868 | Puncture device and puncture needle cartridge - A puncture device is constituted such that a plunger ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100234869 | LANCET MAGAZINE - The invention relates to a lancet magazine with a plurality of lancets for generating a puncture wound for collecting a sample of body fluid. According to the invention, the lancets in the lancet magazine are each coupled to a drive mechanism which, for each lancet, comprises at least one pretensioned drive element which, when the drive mechanism is triggered, releases mechanical energy to accelerate the lancet coupled thereto for a puncturing movement. | 09-16-2010 |
20100234870 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device for blood sampling, having a depth-adjustment mechanism including a chassis or throttle plate movable within a housing, and a lancet carrier mounted to the chassis or throttle plate. Repositioning the chassis or throttle plate within the housing varies the penetration depth of the lancet. | 09-16-2010 |
20100249819 | Disposable lancing device - A disposable lancing device including: a housing; a spring member; a lancet having a skin puncture needle, the spring member and the lancet being housed within the housing such that a needle tip of the skin puncture needle is adapted to be projected out from the housing under urging of the lancet by the spring member to perform skin puncture procedure; and a protective cap having a needle passage hole and covering the needle tip of the skin puncture needle, the protective cap being adapted to separate from the skin puncture needle and rotate so that the needle passage hole of the protective cap is positioned on a path of projection of the skin puncture needle, and the skin puncture procedure is performed with the protective cap supported on the housing. | 09-30-2010 |
20100249820 | LANCING DEVICES - A lancet holder | 09-30-2010 |
20100249821 | Contact Activated Lancet Device - A lancet device including a housing and a lancet structure having a puncturing element. The lancet structure disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a retaining or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward end of the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet structure toward the puncturing position, and a retaining hub retaining the lancet structure in the retracted position against the bias of the drive spring. The retaining hub includes a pivotal lever in interference engagement with the lancet structure. An actuator within the housing pivots the lever, thereby moving the lancet structure toward the rearward end of the housing to at least partially compress the drive spring, and releasing the lever from interference engagement with the lancet structure. | 09-30-2010 |
20100305597 | LANCET DEVICE AND PUNCTURE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a lancet device | 12-02-2010 |
20100305598 | SINGLE USE LANCET ASSEMBLY - A single use lancet device having a housing, with an open interior and an access opening defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip, and disposed in the open interior of the housing so as to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving assembly structured to move the lancet into the piercing orientation, and a restrictor assembly having a shoulder element and a restrictor panel operatively associated with the lancet and the housing and structured to pass over the restrictor panel upon the lancet moving from its cocked orientation to its piercing orientation, and to abut the restrictor panel upon attempted movement of the lancet back into its cocked orientation after movement into the piercing orientation, thereby preventing the lancet from moving back into the cocked orientation and preventing re-use of a contaminated piercing tip. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305599 | Contact Activated Lancet Device - A lancet device including a housing and a lancet structure having a puncturing element. The lancet structure disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a retaining or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward end of the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet structure toward the puncturing position, and a retaining hub retaining the lancet structure in the retracted position against the bias of the drive spring. The retaining hub includes a pivotal lever in interference engagement with the lancet structure. An actuator within the housing pivots the lever, thereby moving the lancet structure toward the rearward end of the housing to at least partially compress the drive spring, and releasing the lever from interference engagement with the lancet structure. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305600 | Contact Activated Lancet Device - A lancet device including a housing and a lancet structure having a puncturing element. The lancet structure disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a retaining or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward end of the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet structure toward the puncturing position, and a retaining hub retaining the lancet structure in the retracted position against the bias of the drive spring. The retaining hub includes a pivotal lever in interference engagement with the lancet structure. An actuator within the housing pivots the lever, thereby moving the lancet structure toward the rearward end of the housing to at least partially compress the drive spring, and releasing the lever from interference engagement with the lancet structure. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305601 | Contact Activated Lancet Device - A lancet device including a housing and a lancet structure having a puncturing element. The lancet structure disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a retaining or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward end of the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet structure toward the puncturing position, and a retaining hub retaining the lancet structure in the retracted position against the bias of the drive spring. The retaining hub includes a pivotal lever in interference engagement with the lancet structure. An actuator within the housing pivots the lever, thereby moving the lancet structure toward the rearward end of the housing to at least partially compress the drive spring, and releasing the lever from interference engagement with the lancet structure. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318111 | PATIENT'S SKIN PUNCTURING DEVICE - A patient's skin puncturing device according to the present invention is built of a body ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100324582 | LANCING DEVICES - A lancet device includes a main body in which is located a lancet drive shaft | 12-23-2010 |
20110022070 | LANCING DEVICES - A lancing device includes a main barrel portion | 01-27-2011 |
20110022071 | BLOOD COLLECTING PUNCTURE DEVICE AND MAGAZINE USED FOR THE SAME - Provided are a blood collecting puncture device having high safety which can hygienically maintain the inside of a magazine and prevent infection, and the magazine. A blood collecting puncture device ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110029006 | LANCET DEVICE WITH LANCE RETRACTION - A lancet device comprises a hollow housing defining a cavity and having a proximal end and a distal end. It also comprises a slider slidable at least partially within the cavity of the hollow housing along a longitudinal axis from an outward position to a pushed position. The slider extends outside of the cavity beyond the proximal end of the hollow housing when it is in the outward position. The lancet device also comprises a needle holder holding a lance. The needle holder is rotatable about and translatable along the longitudinal axis when moved from an initial position to an extended position. When the needle holder is in the initial position, the slider is in the outward position. When the needle holder is in the extended position, the lance extends outside of the cavity beyond the proximal end of the hollow housing. The sliding of the slider from the outward position to the pushed position urges the needle holder to the extended position. There is also a first biasing member positioned within the hollow housing at the distal end. The first biasing member exerts a biasing force against the needle holder toward the proximal end when the slider is moved to the pushed position. A second biasing member can be present in the lancet device. | 02-03-2011 |
20110040316 | Method and Apparatus for a Single Handed Squeeze Lancet - A single handed squeeze lancet and methods for its use, where the single handed squeeze lancet comprises (a) a lancet, (b) a lancet-holder, (c) an internal housing for receiving and guiding the lancet-holder, (d) an external housing for receiving and guiding the internal housing, (e) a thumb-frame coupled to the external housing, and (f) a thumb-spring coupled to the thumb-frame and coupled to the lancet-holder. The device may further comprise a base-stand coupled to the thumb-frame. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040317 | LANCET BLOCK AND LANCET ACTIVATING DEVICE - A lancet block comprises a lancet comprising a cam projection and a lancet housing receiving the lancet in such a fashion that the lancet can be vertically moved relatively with respect to the lancet housing. A top wall of the lancet housing and a side wall of the lancet housing corresponding to the cam projection of the lancet are formed of a thin membrane made of a material capable of being easily disrupted and a bottom wall of the lancet housing is formed of a thin membrane made of a material capable of being easily disrupted by a tip of the needle of the lancet. With this lancet block, it is possible to, e.g., provide convenient and sanitary use of a lancet, avoid a risk of any injury by a needle tip, prevent bacterial infection due to such injury, and reduce manufacturing costs. | 02-17-2011 |
20110054510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A LANCING DEVICE USING A SPRING WINDING FIXTURE - A system and method for assembling a lancing device, and a lancing device fabricated according to such a system or method. A rotating disk is applied to a spring component and/or to a carrier component of the lancing device to mount the spring onto the carrier component. | 03-03-2011 |
20110098735 | LANCING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED GUIDANCE ASSEMBLY - A guidance mechanism for a lancing device. The guidance mechanism includes a piston having a shaft, a plurality of wings or fins extending from the shaft, a plurality of sliding engagement structures, and a lancet holder; and a chassis having a body, a plurality of longitudinal slits or cutouts, a plurality of elongated engagement structures, and an end aperture. The piston slides within the chassis, and the wings/fins engage within the slits/cutouts, allowing for linear longitudinal guidance of the piston within the chassis. | 04-28-2011 |
20110098736 | ADJUSTABLE LANCET DEVICE AND METHOD - Lancet device that includes a body. A front cover includes a skin engaging end that includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle extends. A holding member is movably mounted within the body. The holding member includes a front end and a rear end. The front end is configured to receive a lancet. A main spring is disposed between the front and rear ends of the holding member. A first stop surface is arranged on a front portion of the holding member. A second stop surface is axially retained to a front portion of the body. At least partial rotation of the front cover causes the skin engaging end to move axially relative to the second stop surface. | 04-28-2011 |
20110106126 | INSERTER DEVICE INCLUDING ROTOR SUBASSEMBLY - An inserter subassembly including a rotor and drive member such that rotation of the rotor is translated to a linear motion including insertion and refraction paths. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106127 | One Body Lancet and No Pain Type Blood Collecting Device - The present invention concerns a blood withdrawal device comprising a one-piece cap and lancet and a painless impulse generator. The object of the present invention is to withdraw blood painlessly and to reduce a risk of a secondary infection. In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the blood withdrawal device of the present invention comprises a cap, a hollow body and a painless blood withdrawal device. The cap comprises a one-piece cap and lancet within which a lancet is movably combined and a hollow body for a detachable connection with a painless impulse generator or a main body of a blood withdrawal device. The hollow body comprises open ends on both side of the body thereby allowing the lancet to be detachable and the movable axis to be inserted within the body. The painless impulse generator is connected with the main body of the blood withdrawal device through a means for connecting with the main body of the blood withdrawal device defined at one side of the body thereby allowing the movement of the lancet needle and the cap by the movable axis. Therefore painless blood withdrawal is possible. | 05-05-2011 |
20110118771 | Lancing Device - A lancing mechanism is adapted to move between a resting, cocking and a puncture position. The lancing mechanism comprises a lancet holder adapted to receive a lancet, a shaft attached to the lancet holder, at least one drive spring and at least one damping spring. The drive spring surrounds at least a portion of the shaft and drives the lancing mechanism from the cocking position to the puncture position. The damping spring moves the lancing mechanism from the puncture position to the resting position. The drive spring is located at least partially within the damping spring. | 05-19-2011 |
20110130782 | ADVANCEMENT MECHANISM FOR CARTRIDGE-BASED DEVICES - An advancement mechanism of a lancing device operates to sequentially advance lancets in a cartridge. The advancement mechanism includes a rotary drive gear assembly with a first gear and a second gear that co-rotate in a first angular direction by operation of an inter-gear unidirectional drive mechanism such as a ratcheting mechanism. A second-gear unidirectional lock mechanism, such as a ratcheting mechanism, locks the second drive gear from co-rotating with the first drive gear in a second opposite angular direction without impeding rotation in the first direction. The second gear directly or indirectly rotationally drives a pinion gear, which rotationally drives a cartridge gear to advance the lancets in indexed increments for use. The first drive gear is rotated in the first and second directions by a rack gear of a translating operating handle. In addition, a rotary-gear cap-displacement mechanism and a rotary-gear charging/actuation mechanism are provided in other embodiments. | 06-02-2011 |
20110144682 | SAFETY LANCET FOR PREVENTING REUSE - A safety lancet for preventing reuse is provided, including an upper and lower case, moving block, guide, pressing plate, seating recess, and resilient spring. The upper case and a lower cases are coupled together with a space therein and a through-hole at the front to expose a lancet needle. The moving block is movable within the cases. with the lancet needle at the front. The guide is positioned behind the moving block within the cases and includes an anti-reverse ledge to selectively restrict reverse movement for reloading of the moving block. The pressing plate is pivotably mounted to the upper case and includes a stopper on which the moving block is caught, and a pressing projection for pressing the guide. The seating recess is defined in a bottom of the lower case, in which the guide descends and is seated. The resilient spring supports the rear of the moving block. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144683 | Pricking Device for Taking a Blood Sample - The invention relates to a pricking device ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110144684 | LANCING DEVICES HAVING DEPTH ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY - Lancing devices are disclosed having a carriage slidably disposed within the housing and a lancet carrier configured to directly receive and hold the lancet. The lancet carrier is engaged within the carriage and movable relative to and independently of the carriage between a forward incision position and a rearward cocked position. A trigger assembly has a user accessible first portion and a second portion attached to the carriage and movable with the carriage along the longitudinal axis. The second portion is configured to maintain the lancet carrier in the rearward cocked position and the first portion is configured to release the lancet carrier from the rearward cocked position. | 06-16-2011 |
20110184448 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device formed from a main body and a cap. The main body is configured from a lower housing, an upper housing extending over a portion of the lower housing, and an actuator operatively engaged to the upper and lower housings with the actuator extending along the portion of the lower housing not covered by the upper housing. The upper housing further includes an actuator button, wherein a lancet may be placed within the body such that movement of the actuator from a first position to a second position away from said endcap cocks the lancet for firing, which is achieved by depressing the actuator button. Conveniently, the lancing device is configured for tactile recognition in the palm of a human hand and may preferably be operated one handed and without visual observation. | 07-28-2011 |
20110202080 | LANCING DEVICES - A lancing device includes a main body having a drive spring, hammer, trigger mechanism and a lancet holder | 08-18-2011 |
20110238101 | PUNCTURE INSTRUMENT - A puncture instrument includes a movable body movably disposed in a case, and a needle unit held by the movable body and having a needle. When a distal end face of the movable body is brought into abutment against a region to be punctured and the case is advanced toward the region to be punctured, the case is advanced together with the needle unit, and the tip end of the needle becomes protruded from the movable body and punctures the region to be punctured. An arm of the needle unit is abutted against and turned about a fulcrum member, thereby withdrawing the needle rearwardly. | 09-29-2011 |
20110257669 | DISPOSABLE LANCET - The present invention relates to a disposable lancet. The present invention relates to a technical field of medical appliance. A disposable lancet comprises a needle tube and a needle body disposed in the needle tube. An inner wall of the needle tube is provided with a sliding groove adapted for the sliding of the needle body. A front end of the sliding groove is provided with a locating arris, one end of the needle body is connected with a spring while the other end is detachably provided with a telescopic sleeve. The front end of the needle body is provided with a wedge surface, the telescopic sleeve is provided with a slope surface corresponding to the wedge surface of the needle body, and, the telescopic sleeve is located at a side of the locating arris after the telescopic sleeve has equipped with the needle body. When in use, the needle body is rotated to the other side of the locating arris as the telescopic sleeve is pressed to push the needle body to move to the end of the locating arris, so as to expose the needle tip out of the front end of the needle tube by means of the spring. The present invention has the advantages of compact in structure, easy in use, and simple in manufacture technology. Also, the present invention has less requirements on the equipments, greater reduction on the cost, large-scale manufacture and production and applications. | 10-20-2011 |
20110264131 | Device For Performing An Incision - A medical cutting device is disclosed in which a pivoted element ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110276074 | SAFE SIMPLE DISPOSABLE AUTOMATIC BLOOD LANCET - A safe simple disposable automatic blood lancet is disclosed in the present invention, including a casing, a lancet core, a spring and a protective bar. It has the following features: The ejection cavity is provided inside with a space that allows the push arm to move downwards; the protective bar is provided at the end inside the ejection cavity with a safety action portion; with the protective bar assembled, this safety action portion occupies the space in the X, Y or Z direction, so as to prevent the barb from being self-locked with the self-locking barb with the push arm moving downwards; with the protective bar disassembled, this safety action portion withdraws from the space, so as to allow the barb to be self-locked with the self-locking barb with the push arm moving downwards. The present invention allows the lancet core to be assembled into the locking state of ready for ejection; the blood lancet can be placed into the ejection state just by twisting off the protective bar during application, and into the locking state automatically after ejection so as to be unreusable. Compared with the prior art, the present invention fully attains the purpose of more advanced technology, simpler operation, and safer application. | 11-10-2011 |
20110301629 | PUNCTURE TOOL, DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - Provided is a puncture tool having no possibility of starting the puncture operation of a puncture needle unexpectedly when the puncture tool is operated for a purpose other than measurement of a biological sample and also provided are a device for measuring biological sample and a system for measuring biological sample. A puncture tool ( | 12-08-2011 |
20110313439 | DISPOSABLE LANCING DEVICE - A disposable lancing device including: a lancet housed in a housing and urged by a spring member such that a puncture member provided at a distal end of the lancet is adapted to extend out from the housing so as to carry out a puncturing operation; a locking ring disposed within the housing such that the lancet is allowed to displace in an extension direction through the locking ring; a locking protrusion provided to the lancet and adapted to be engaged by the locking ring so as to hold the lancet in a puncture-ready position located deep in the housing with the spring member being compressed; and an operating member adapted to carry out the puncturing operation by rotating the locking ring so as to disengage the locking protrusion from the locking ring and displace the lancet in the extension direction by means of the spring member. | 12-22-2011 |
20110313440 | SKIN PRICKING DEVICE - According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a skin pricking device. The device comprises a housing ( | 12-22-2011 |
20110319919 | COCKING MECHANISM FOR LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device is disclosed in which cocking of the lancet holder is achieved in response to retraction of a push member. A lancing device is also disclosed in which a lancet storage compartment is provided in the housing of the lancing device and closing movement of a closure member for the storage compartment has the effect of cocking the lancet holder. Methods of cocking lancing devices are also disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
20120010641 | LANCING DEVICES - A lancing device includes a main housing | 01-12-2012 |
20120010642 | MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices. | 01-12-2012 |
20120022566 | Lancet Device - A lancet device generally includes a housing having opposing lateral sides extending between a forward end and a rearward end, and a shield coaxially and movably associated with the housing. The housing includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs extending along a portion of at least one of the opposing lateral sides. The plurality of longitudinal ribs form a finger grip on at least one of, and typically both of the opposing lateral sides. The shield is generally movable from a first position in which the shield extends outwardly from the forward end of the housing to a second position in which the shield is at least partially moved within the housing, based on axial pressure applied by the user against the finger grip formed by the longitudinal ribs. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022567 | Blood Lancet Device Including Adjustment of the Pricking Depth - The invention relates to a blood lancet apparatus ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120035640 | LANCING DEVICE FOR ONE SKIN PUNCTURE - A lancing device comprises a main housing, a movable housing, and a damping ring. The main housing forming an inner aperture that encloses a portion of a lancet assembly. The lancet assembly has a lancet body, a lancet-plunger housing, and a lance. The lancet assembly is adapted to move between a resting position, a cocking position, and a puncture position. The movable housing is adjacent to the main housing. The moveable housing is adapted to move from a resting position to a cocking position. The moveable housing is adapted to connect to the lancet assembly. The damping ring is adapted to engage the lancet assembly as the lancet assembly moves from the puncture position back towards the resting position to reduce movement of the lancet assembly back towards the puncture position. | 02-09-2012 |
20120083817 | SINGLE USE LANCET ASSEMBLY - A single use lancet device having a housing, with an open interior and an access opening defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip, and disposed in the open interior of the housing so as to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving assembly structured to move the lancet into the piercing orientation, and a restrictor assembly having a shoulder element and a restrictor panel operatively associated with the lancet and the housing and structured to pass over the restrictor panel upon the lancet moving from its cocked orientation to its piercing orientation, and to abut the restrictor panel upon attempted movement of the lancet back into its cocked orientation after movement into the piercing orientation, thereby preventing the lancet from moving back into the cocked orientation and preventing re-use of a contaminated piercing tip. | 04-05-2012 |
20120095487 | Pricking Aid Comprising A Lancet Ejection Means - The invention relates to a blood lancet apparatus with a base member for the arrangement of a plurality of apparatus components. The base member comprises for example a lancet-receiving device for coupling the blood lancet apparatus to a lancet element, at least one spring element for acting upon the lancet-receiving device with spring force and an actuating element for initiating a movement of the lancet-receiving device. The coupling between the lancet-receiving device and the lancet element is capable of being altered by means of a fixing and/or dispensing device. According to the invention the lancet-receiving device is capable of being deformed by means of a movement of the fixing and/or dispensing device in the longitudinal direction of the lancet-receiving device and by means of an engagement of the fixing and/or dispensing device in at least one recess in the lancet-receiving device. | 04-19-2012 |
20120095488 | LANCET PRICKING DEVICE - There is provided a lancet pricking device which is prevented from being re-used, and also the pricking pathway of the needle thereof is improved. The lancet pricking device comprising a lancet equipped with a pricking needle and a trigger for launching the pricking needle. The trigger comprises a first trigger part and a second trigger part disposed such as to cover the first trigger part. The lancet is in engagement with the first trigger part before the pricking needle is launched. When the second trigger part is pushed from the outside for the launching of the pricking needle, the displacement of the first trigger part is caused by the second trigger part, and thereby ceasing the engagement between the lancet and the first trigger part to launch the pricking needle. | 04-19-2012 |
20120109176 | LANCET DRIVE SYSTEM DEPTH CONTROL METHOD AND TEST STRIP LOCATION METHODS - Adjustment mechanisms are used in conjunction with integrated lancet test strips to adjust the position of the drive system, engagement system, or the drive coupling in a fixed stroke lancing system to thereby adjust the penetration depth of the lancet. In a variable drive stroke lancing system, the lancet penetration depth is adjusted by changing the stroke length of a drive system. The stroke length of a drive system is adjusted by rotating a cam or sliding a cam in a cam type drive system. In either the fixed or the variable drive stroke lancing system, the test strip and/or guidance foil of the integrated lancet test strip is immobilized while the lancet is actuated. | 05-03-2012 |
20120123459 | SAFETY LANCETS HAVING ANGLED GRIPS - A single-use safety lancet having a housing, a triggering mechanism, and at least one grip. The housing contains a drive system and includes a proximal end and a distal end. The triggering mechanism is coupled to the proximal end of the housing and is operable to activate a lancet stroke. The at least one grip extends from the housing and is operable to permit user interaction therewith. | 05-17-2012 |
20120143235 | LANCET DEVICE WITH OPTIONALLY REUSABLE LANCETS STORED IN A MAGAZINE - An inventive lancet device for producing a puncture wound, in particular for collecting a sample of a body fluid which has a magazine holder for a lancet magazine containing a plurality of lancets. The lancet device can be alternatively operated such that either a new lancet is used for each puncture process by automatically advancing the lancet magazine stepwise or the automatic stepwise advance of the lancet magazine can be suppressed or deactivated so that, if desired, several punctures can be carried out with the last used lancet before an unused lancet is used at a desired time. | 06-07-2012 |
20120191122 | DISPOSABLE BLOOD COLLECTING INSTRUMENT - Disclosed is a disposable blood collecting instrument that stably secures a sufficient volume of blood with a single puncture. A tip portion of a piercing body of a lancet contained within a housing projects by means of a biasing force of a spring assembly, and a surrounding area of an opening of the housing is made a transparent visible portion with a visible interior. Additionally, the disposable blood collecting instrument has been formed such that the spring assembly is contained within housing farther behind the piercing body than a position of the tip portion of the piercing body that has entered within the housing after piercing. | 07-26-2012 |
20120203258 | BLOOD LANCET DEVICE INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT OF THE PRICKING DEPTH - The invention relates to a blood lancet apparatus ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120203259 | LANCET PUNCTURE DEVICE - A lancet pricking device comprising a lancet, a launching spring and a lancet holder for housing therein the lancet and the launching spring. The lancet pricking device of the present invention is characterized in that the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking needle, and the pricking needle is disposed in both the lancet body and the lancet cap; wherein the launching spring is attached to the lancet body, and the lancet body is secured by abutting against the lancet holder such that the launching spring is kept compressed before a pricking operation; and wherein, when the lancet cap is removed, the lancet body becomes capable of warping upon being pressed from an outside to cause the secured lancet body to be released. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203260 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device including a housing with an at least partially open interior, a cocking seat coupled with the housing and structured to define an open interior therewith, a lancet with a piercing tip moveably disposed within the open interior, and a biasing assembly engaging the lancet. The cocking seat is structured to engage the lancet and retain the lancet against a force of the biasing assembly so as to maintain a potential energy of the biasing assembly. A release element is provided to at least partially disengage the lancet from the cocking seat such that the potential energy of the biasing assembly moves the lancet relative to the cocking seat and drives the piercing tip of the lancet at least temporarily into a piercing orientation. | 08-09-2012 |
20120215246 | LANCET PRICKING DEVICE - There is provided a lancet pricking device, comprising a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder for housing therein the lancet, the launching spring and the trigger part. In the lancet pricking device, the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking needle, and the pricking needle is disposed in both the lancet body and the lancet cap, and the trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder, and the launching spring is attached to the lancet body, and the lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is kept compressed before a pricking operation. In such lancet pricking device, the trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder at a point in time before the lancet cap is removed, and whereas the trigger part can be pushed toward the inside of the holder at a point in time after the lancet cap is removed, and thus the lancet body becomes capable of warping upon being pressed from an outside to cause the secured lancet body to be released. | 08-23-2012 |
20120265231 | Detection Element for Determining the Position of a Lancet Element in a Lancing Device - The present invention provides a detection element for lancets in lancing devices which will indicate that a lancet element is inserted completely again after the lancet has been changed. The invention includes a blood lancet apparatus which has a base body for the arrangement of a plurality of apparatus components, comprising a lancet reception device for coupling the blood lancet apparatus to a lancet element, at least one spring element for acting upon the lancet reception device with spring force and an actuating element for initiating a movement of the lancet reception device. The invention may further comprise a detection device for emitting at least for a time a signal with respect to a fixing position of the lancet element coupled at least in part to the lancet apparatus. | 10-18-2012 |
20120316592 | LANCING DEVICE WITH INDEPENDENT DRIVE CORE - A medical lancing device including an independent drive core mechanism incorporating all or a substantial portion of the functional components of the lancing device, whereby the independent drive core mechanism can be incorporated into multiple different external housing configurations for more efficient design and manufacture. Axial adjustment of the position of the independent drive core mechanism within the housing provides lancing penetration depth control. | 12-13-2012 |
20120323266 | Lancet Removal Tool - A lancet removal tool | 12-20-2012 |
20130035709 | SURGICAL PUNCTURE ACCESS - A surgical device mitigates over-puncture with a bias spring that biases a leading, cutting edge in the opposite direction of the anticipated over-puncture. An associated locking mechanism is configured to release the force of the bias spring in a direction counter to the direction of insertion when the tension force of tissue against the cutting edge is released. Thus, when an opening in the tissue forms, the tension is released and the cutting edge can move opposite to the direction of insertion of the surgical device at the same time that an applied force drives the instrument in the direction of insertion. In this manner, the spring and locking mechanism cooperate to move the cutting edge opposite to the direction of insertion as soon as an incision is made. | 02-07-2013 |
20130066352 | BLOOD LANCET DEVICE - A blood lancet device comprising a housing having one end formed as an opening; a sliding sleeve having one end extending from the opening to the outside of the housing; a blood lancet including a needle body and a needle tip arranged at one end of the needle body, the sliding sleeve being bushed at the outside of the housing, said blood lancet adapted to move relative to the sliding sleeve so as to expose the needle tip at the opening; and a biasing member having one end securely fixed with another end of needle body. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066353 | SAFETY LANCET FOR DOUBLY PREVENTING REUSE THEREOF - Provided is a safety lancet including a reload double prevention structure for preventing a sliding block having a lancet needle from being reloaded to obtain blood, thereby fundamentally preventing reuse of the safety lancet. In addition, the safety lancet guides the sliding block to be straightly discharged without shaking, thereby minimizing pain when the lancet needle is inserted into a skin. The safety lancet includes an outer case forming a space part therein, an inner case sliding along the space part of the outer case, and having a through hole in a front end thereof, and a sliding block coupled to the inner case to straightly move along an inner portion of the inner case, and elastically supported within the outer case by a coil spring, wherein the sliding block comprises a lancet needle having an end protruding from a front end thereof, and a pair of loading hooks on both sides of a rear end thereof to engage with engagement protrusions of the inner case. As the inner case is moved rearward, when the sliding block is disengaged from a portion of the inner case, the sliding block is moved forward by elastic force of the coil spring to temporarily expose the lancet needle out of the inner case, and is then moved rearward to the inner case. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066354 | Lancet Device - The lancet device includes a housing and a lancet having a puncturing element. The lancet is disposed within the housing and is adapted for axial movement between an initial or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward opening in the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet toward the puncturing position, and a retraction or return spring for returning the lancet to a position within the housing where the puncturing element is disposed within the housing. The retraction spring thereafter maintains engagement with the lancet to assist in preventing the puncturing element from again projecting outward from the forward opening in the housing. | 03-14-2013 |
20130085517 | Lancing Aid Having Automatic Triggering - The present application concerns a system for the withdrawal of body fluids comprising a coupled tensioning and triggering mechanism, wherein the triggering mechanism is mechanically coupled to the tensioning mechanism in such a manner that the puncturing process is automatically triggered by successive continuation of the tensioning movement when the tensioning mechanism is actuated and wherein the lancing process triggered in this manner is carried out by a lancet. | 04-04-2013 |
20130116719 | LANCING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED THERMOELECTRIC COOLER - A lancing device (e.g., pen) having an integrated thermoelectric (e.g., Peltier) cooler. The lancing device includes an elongated heat accumulator having a lumen along which a piston having a lancet thereon translates back and forth. A Peltier device and a cooling ring are thermally interconnected to one end of the heat accumulator and include central apertures through which the lancet can extend. The lancing device also includes an integrated battery and microcontroller for supplying and regulating power to the Peltier device. Upon a current being sent through the Peltier device, a cold side of the Peltier device and hence the cooling ring gives up thermal energy and reduces in temperature. The cooling ring can then be placed about a body tissue (e.g., skin) for a period of time (e.g., 3-5 seconds) to desensitize the body tissue, and then the lancet can be fired to puncture the body tissue. | 05-09-2013 |
20130150876 | SINGLE USE LANCET ASSEMBLY - A single use lancet device having a housing, with an open interior and an access opening defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip, and disposed in the open interior of the housing so as to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving assembly structured to move the lancet into the piercing orientation, and a restrictor assembly having a shoulder element and a restrictor panel operatively associated with the lancet and the housing and structured to pass over the restrictor panel upon the lancet moving from its cocked orientation to its piercing orientation, and to abut the restrictor panel upon attempted movement of the lancet back into its cocked orientation after movement into the piercing orientation, thereby preventing the lancet from moving back into the cocked orientation and preventing re-use of a contaminated piercing tip. | 06-13-2013 |
20130238007 | DISPOSABLE LANCING DEVICE - A disposable lancing device including: a lancet housed in a housing and urged by a spring member such that a puncture member provided at a distal end of the lancet is adapted to extend out from the housing so as to carry out a puncturing operation; a locking ring disposed within the housing such that the lancet is allowed to displace in an extension direction through the locking ring; a locking protrusion provided to the lancet and adapted to be engaged by the locking ring so as to hold the lancet in a puncture-ready position located deep in the housing with the spring member being compressed; and an operating member adapted to carry out the puncturing operation by rotating the locking ring so as to disengage the locking protrusion from the locking ring and displace the lancet in the extension direction by means of the spring member. | 09-12-2013 |
20130245660 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A LANCET DEVICE FOR REUSE OF LANCETS FOR HOME-USERS - A lancet device used for drawing a blood sample for testing has a lancet, a lancet holding mechanism, a lancet activation plunger, and a removable lancet cap with an opening for touching against the human body. The lancet has a needle, where the needle is movable inside the cap with the lancet activation plunger. The lancet device has positioned inside the device, a disinfectant material, disinfecting the lancet needle for each use. The disinfectant material lets the needle move or rest inside the disinfectant material disinfecting the needle between each use. The lancet needle moves through the disinfectant material when used, disinfecting the needle for each use. | 09-19-2013 |
20130267978 | PUSH-TO-CHARGE LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device for completing a lancing stroke. The lancing device includes a lancet carrier with a distal end and a proximal end. The lancing device also includes a drive mechanism to drive the lancet carrier through the lancing stroke. The lancing device also includes a charge mechanism to charge the drive mechanism. The charge mechanism is configured to apply a charging force onto the drive mechanism by pushing the charge mechanism along a common direction with the lancing stroke. | 10-10-2013 |
20130267979 | LANCET DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE HYPODERMIC PENETRATION DEPTH - A lancet device with an adjustable hypodermic penetration depth according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lancet holder having a lancet seat to mount a lancet at one end; an operating mechanism disposed at the other end of the lancet holder and loading and releasing the lancet holder along a predetermined path; a depth adjusting member receiving the lancet holder and having at least two grooves formed at a predetermined angle on the circumferential surface of one end to form inclined passages clockwise or counterclockwise; and a housing receiving the lancet holder and the operating mechanism and having a protrusion that is formed on the inner side of an end and fitted step by step in the grooves when the depth adjusting member turns at a predetermined angle. | 10-10-2013 |
20130274781 | RELEASING STRUCTURE FOR LANCING DEVICE - A releasing structure for a lancing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a lancet body with a lancet at the front; a lancet holder mounted with the lancet body with the lancet at the front; a stem disposed behind the lancet holder and moving the lancet holder forward/backward; a rotary housing pushing/pulling the stem while turning forward at a predetermined angle about a rotational axis defined in the movement direction of the lancet; a torsion spring storing torque for turning the rotary housing forward at a predetermined angle; and a loading handle transmitting torque to the torsion spring while turning forward at a predetermined angle. | 10-17-2013 |
20130310867 | SINGLE-PUNCTURE LANCING SYSTEM - A lancing mechanism is adapted to move between resting, cocking and puncture positions and comprises a lancet holder, a shaft, at least one spring and a mass. The shaft is attached to the lancet holder and has an enlarged end opposite the lancet holder. The spring surrounds at least a portion of the shaft and has first and second portions. The second portion of the spring is attached to the lancet holder. The spring drives the lancing mechanism between the cocking and puncture positions. The mass is located along the spring with the first and second portions of the spring extending on opposite sides of the mass. The mass is distinct from the lancet holder. The first portion dampens the lancing mechanism when moving from the puncture position to the resting position. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317533 | LANCET DEVICE - There is provided a lancet device comprising a pricking part and a pressing part. In the lancet device of the present invention, the pricking part is comprised of a needle shaft component equipped with a pricking needle, a driving shaft component, and an intermediate shaft component therebetween, the needle shaft component, the driving shaft component and the intermediate shaft component being connected to each other via a joint component. When a pricking operation is performed, the driving shaft component of the pricking part is at least partly rotated by being pressed by a pressing action of the pressing part, and thereby the intermediate shaft component of the pricking part is displaced causing the needle shaft component to move in a pricking direction. | 11-28-2013 |
20140005709 | DISPOSABLE/SINGLE-USE BLADE LANCET DEVICE AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140005710 | SAFE AND CONVENIENT, DISPOSABLE AUTOMATIC LANCET | 01-02-2014 |
20140058428 | TWIST-TO-CHARGE MECHANISM OF LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device includes a housing, a lancet carrier translational within the housing, a drive spring for propelling the lancet carrier through a translational lancing stroke, and a charging mechanism. The charging mechanism includes a first cam member that is rotatable relative to the housing, a second cam member that abuts the first cam member, is coupled to the lancet carrier, and is restricted from rotation relative to the housing, and a rotatable handle co-rotationally attached to the first cam member. Rotation of the handle rotates the first cam member with it, causing the first cam member to rotate against the second cam member, which in response traverses axially because it is restricted from rotation, thereby retracting the lancet carrier to a retracted or charged state. | 02-27-2014 |
20140074138 | PUSH-TO-CHARGE MECHANISM FOR LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device has a charging mechanism that operates to convert an external push action by a user to an internal pull action that retracts and charges a lancet for use in a lancing stroke. In some embodiments, the charging mechanism includes a user-actuated charging push-button, a reverse charging member coupled to a lancet carrier, and a reverse-motion conversion member coupled therebetween. Depressing the user-actuated member in a first longitudinal direction causes transverse movement of the conversion member, which in turn causes longitudinal retraction of the reverse charging member and the lancet carrier coupled thereto in a second longitudinal direction opposite the first direction, thereby charging a drive mechanism of the lancing device. In other embodiments, a rack-and-pinion gear mechanism provides the same push-to-pull functionality. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074139 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing mechanism is adapted to move between a resting, cocking and a puncture position. The lancing mechanism comprises a lancet holder adapted to receive a lancet, a shaft attached to the lancet holder, at least one drive spring and at least one damping spring. The drive spring surrounds at least a portion of the shaft and drives the lancing mechanism from the cocking position to the puncture position. The damping spring moves the lancing mechanism from the puncture position to the resting position. The drive spring is located at least partially within the damping spring. | 03-13-2014 |
20140088632 | LANCET DEVICE UTILIZING A MAGNET AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Lancet device includes a magnet member, a sleeve member capable of being affected by magnetic forces emanating from the magnet member, and a movable lancet holder. At least one of the following is also utilized; a lancet releaser movable at least between an initial position and a position that allows a lancet to be removed from the lancet holder and a lancet holder lock movable at least between a lock position that prevents axial movement of the lancet holder along an axial direction and an unlock position that allows the lancet holder to move along the axial direction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088633 | DEPTH-ADJUST MECHANISM FOR LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device with a depth-adjustment mechanism including an adjustably-positioned stop surface, a movable control member operably coupled thereto, and a resiliently deflectable leg that engages the stop surface and a lancet carrier to provide a soft stop for the lancet carrier. The lancet carrier deflects the leg in a forward phase of the lancing stroke, and then the leg contacts the stop surface to stop the forward motion of the lancet carrier at an extended lancing position. The stop surface can be adjustably positioned so that different portions thereof are engaged to stop the lancet carrier at deeper or shallower positions. In example embodiments, the depth-adjustment mechanism includes a rotary dial and an extension arm of the leg, with the dial including a rotary wheel and a rotary shaft extending axially therefrom, the wheel forming the movable adjustment member, and the shaft forming the adjustably positioned stop surface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140107689 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing mechanism is adapted to move between a resting, cocking and a puncture position. The lancing mechanism comprises a lancet holder adapted to receive a lancet, a shaft attached to the lancet holder, at least one drive spring and at least one damping spring. The drive spring surrounds at least a portion of the shaft and drives the lancing mechanism from the cocking position to the puncture position. The damping spring moves the lancing mechanism from the puncture position to the resting position. The drive spring is located at least partially within the damping spring. | 04-17-2014 |
20140121693 | LANCING DEVICES - A lancing device includes a housing ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140128897 | Piercing device with rotary element - The invention relates to a piercing device for taking blood for medical analyses, comprising a base body, comprising at least one needle which is arranged therein and a tip which can be extended, comprising a needle holding element which encloses the needle at least in part and a drive unit for driving a movement of the needle together with the needle holding element with respect to the base body. | 05-08-2014 |
20140155926 | Lancing device for taking blood samples - The invention relates to a lancing device ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140180322 | Lancing Device for Collecting Body Fluid Samples - The invention relates to a lancing device ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140207167 | ADJUSTABLE TIP FOR A LANCET DEVICE AND METHOD - A lancet device and a lancet device tip for a lancet device. The tip includes a first sleeve and a second sleeve at least partially contained within the first sleeve. The second sleeve includes a stop surface. Rotation of the first sleeve relative to the second sleeve causes the second sleeve to move at least axially without changing an overall length of the lancet device tip. | 07-24-2014 |
20140249561 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device comprising: a cover section, a part of which is provided with an opening; a main body held on the cover section and configured to be movable in a predetermined direction from the opening relative to the cover section; a lancing unit which is launched in the predetermined direction; and an operating section configured to launch the lancing unit when the operating section is pushed by applying a force in the predetermined direction, wherein the lancing unit is launched when the force is applied to the operating section in the predetermined direction with regulating a movement of the main body in the predetermined direction, and the main body moves, instead of pushing the operating section, by applying the force in the predetermined direction without regulating the movement of the main body in the predetermined direction is disclosed. | 09-04-2014 |
20140350586 | LANCET HAVING ADJUSTABLE PENETRATION DEPTH - Lancet device including a first housing. A first guide wall is disposed within the first housing. The first guide wall includes an opening. A cap removably mounted to the first housing. A needle holding member for holding a lancet. At least a portion of the needle holding member being able to move within the opening. A first spring for biasing the needle holding member toward an extended position. The first spring surrounding a portion of the needle holding member and being disposed between the first guide wall and a shoulder of the needle holding member. A movable trigger having a first position and a second position. A movable second housing including a proximal end, a distal end and a second guide wall arranged at the proximal end. The second guide wall including an opening. A portion of the needle holding member being able to move within the opening of the second guide wall. The second housing being configured to move the needle holding member to the retracted position when the second housing is moved away from the first housing. The proximal end of the second housing being configured to move axially within the distal end of the first housing. A second spring for biasing the second housing towards the first housing. The second spring surrounding a portion of the needle holding member and being disposed between the second guide wall and another shoulder of the needle holding member. At least a portion of the needle holding member is always retained within the first housing. | 11-27-2014 |
20140379016 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device, including a main body and a head detachably connected to the main body. The main body includes a main sleeve, a guide sleeve fastened and inserted in the main sleeve, an inner core slidably installed in the guide sleeve, a tail cap component connected with the rear end of the inner core, a feeding pressure spring and a withdrawing pressure spring which are sleeved on the inner core, and a shoot key installed on the main sleeve. The guide sleeve is uniformly provided with several spring plates folding towards the inner core at positions close to the front end. The inner side of the front end of each spring plate contacts the outer profile of the inner core. The inner core is equipped with a stopper. The stopper is located at the rear end of the guide sleeve. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012027 | Lancing Actuator - A lancing actuator ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150012028 | ADJUSTABLE LANCET DEVICE AND METHOD - Lancet device that includes a body. A front cover includes a skin engaging end that includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle extends. A holding member is movably mounted within the body. The holding member includes a front end and a rear end. The front end is configured to receive a lancet. A main spring is disposed between the front and rear ends of the holding member. A first stop surface is arranged on a front portion of the holding member. A second stop surface is axially retained to a front portion of the body. At least partial rotation of the front cover causes the skin engaging end to move axially relative to the second stop surface. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012029 | LANCET PRICKING DEVICE - A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed toward the inside of the holder after the cap is removed. The lancet body warps when pressed to release the secured lancet body. | 01-08-2015 |
20150039006 | SINGLE USE LANCET ASSEMBLY - A single use lancet device having a housing, with an open interior and an access opening defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip, and disposed in the open interior of the housing so as to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving assembly structured to move the lancet into the piercing orientation, and a restrictor assembly having a shoulder element and a restrictor panel operatively associated with the lancet and the housing and structured to pass over the restrictor panel upon the lancet moving from its cocked orientation to its piercing orientation, and to abut the restrictor panel upon attempted movement of the lancet back into its cocked orientation after movement into the piercing orientation, thereby preventing the lancet from moving back into the cocked orientation and preventing re-use of a contaminated piercing tip. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045824 | Sleeve For Removable Lancet of Lancing Device - A lancing device ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150073463 | Cam-Actuated Medical Puncturing Device and Method - The medical puncturing device includes a housing, a shield, and a skin puncturing assembly disposed within the housing. The shield is axially movable in the housing. The skin puncturing assembly includes a movable carrier and a skin puncturing element mounted to the carrier. A distal end of the skin puncturing element is adapted for puncturing the skin of a patient. The carrier is movable from a retracted position wherein the skin puncturing element is disposed within the shield to a puncturing position wherein the distal end of the skin puncturing element is exposed. The carrier is maintained in the retracted position by engagement of flexure members or a retaining tab with the carrier. A drive spring is provided to move the carrier from the retracted position to the puncturing position. A retraction spring is provided to return the carrier and skin puncturing element into the housing. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073464 | Lancet Device - The lancet device includes a housing and a lancet having a puncturing element. The lancet is disposed within the housing and is adapted for axial movement between an initial or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward opening in the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet toward the puncturing position, and a retraction or return spring for returning the lancet to a position within the housing where the puncturing element is disposed within the housing. The retraction spring thereafter maintains engagement with the lancet to assist in preventing the puncturing element from again projecting outward from the forward opening in the housing. | 03-12-2015 |
20150080929 | LANCET - The invention relates to a lancet for performing an incision. The lancet has a blade for providing an incision and a trigger housed in a housing. The trigger has a first trigger arm, a second trigger arm and a flexible member connected to the second trigger arm. A resilient member may be disposed within the housing in a pre-cutting state in which it stores energy and arranged to exert a force for moving the second trigger arm and the blade from a first stowed position through a cutting position and to a second stowed position. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094750 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device includes a housing, a lancing unit capable of reciprocating relative to the housing, an elastic member for causing the lancing unit to reciprocate, and a resistance generator for applying resistance to the lancing unit in motion. The reciprocating motion of the lancing unit includes a puncture section or interval and a retreat section following the puncture section. The puncture section includes a puncture point at which a lancing element of the lancing unit can prick the skin of a human subject, for example. The resistance generator is configured to apply a greater resistance to the lancing unit in the retreat section than in the puncture section. | 04-02-2015 |
20150105813 | BLOOD COLLECTING APPARATUS, LANCET AND LANCING DEVICE - The present invention provides a blood collecting apparatus including a lancet and a lancing device. The lancing device is used for inserting the lancet and triggering the lancet to collect blood. The lancing device includes a housing, a lancet holder, a triggering mechanism, a withdrawing mechanism, a distance adjusting mechanism and a cap. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112375 | LANCET PRICKING DEVICE - A lancet pricking device comprises a lancet, a launching spring, a trigger part and a holder housing the lancet, launching spring and trigger part. The lancet comprises a lancet body, lancet cap and pricking needle. The pricking needle is in both the lancet body and lancet cap. The trigger part has a pair of arms positioned inside the holder. The launching spring is attached to the lancet body. The lancet body is secured to the arms of the trigger part by an abutment of the lancet body on the arms such that the launching spring is compressed before a pricking operation. The trigger part cannot be pushed toward the inside of the holder before the lancet cap is removed, but can be pushed toward the inside of the holder after the cap is removed. The lancet body warps when pressed to release the secured lancet body. | 04-23-2015 |
20150127042 | Cam-Actuated Medical Puncturing Device and Method - The medical puncturing device includes a housing, a shield, and a skin puncturing assembly disposed within the housing. The shield is axially movable in the housing. The skin puncturing assembly includes a movable carrier and a skin puncturing element mounted to the carrier. A distal end of the skin puncturing element is adapted for puncturing the skin of a patient. The carrier is movable from a retracted position wherein the skin puncturing element is disposed within the shield to a puncturing position wherein the distal end of the skin puncturing element is exposed. The carrier is maintained in the retracted position by engagement of flexure members or a retaining tab with the carrier. A drive spring is provided to move the carrier from the retracted position to the puncturing position. A retraction spring is provided to return the carrier and skin puncturing element into the housing. | 05-07-2015 |
20150289792 | LANCET ASSEMBLY AND LANCET STORAGE DEVICE - A lancet assembly used in a lancing device, includes a launching device for advancing a lancet to be withdrawn to the outside and a lever for stopping and allowing the advance of the lancet or launching device, and includes: a lancet; a lancet body exposing the front of the lancet and coupled to the back of the lancet; and a protective cap enveloping the front of the lancet exposed from the lancet body and closely coupled to the lancet body. The rear end of the lancet body is coupled to the launching device. The lancet body and the protective cap are separated and coupled, allowing loading into the launching device. The lancet body is coupled to and separated from the launching device by an insertion protrusion and a joint, and the lancet body and the protective cap are recoupled by a central groove or protrusion formed in the protective cap. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289901 | APPARATUS FOR CREATING PORTAL SITES USING A BLADE AND NEEDLE - An apparatus comprises a barrel comprising an interior and an open end. The barrel is configured for engaging a needle along a longitudinal length where the engaged needle extends a distance past the open end. A rod mechanism is disposed within the interior for longitudinal movement and is configured for joining a knife having a blade end where the joined knife is disposed within the interior with the rod mechanism in a retracted position. The blade end extends a distance past the open end with the rod mechanism in an extended position. A spring mechanism engages with the rod mechanism and urges the rod mechanism to be in the retracted position. A plunger device engages with the rod mechanism and applies a force to the rod mechanism to compress the spring mechanism and move the rod mechanism to the extended position. | 10-15-2015 |
20150297127 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SINGLE-USE SAFETY LANCET - A one-time/single use safety lancet system includes a body; a spring coupled to the body; a keeper having a deformable member; and a core for supporting a lancet and having an end coupled to the spring. The core further has a first latch for engaging the deformable member when the lancet system is in an armed state. The deformable member of the keeper is fractured after one use of the lancet system which prevents any subsequent arming of the lancet system. The keeper may be made part of the lancet body. The core may include a second latch, wherein the second latch permanently deforms or fractures the deformable member of the keeper after the single, one-time arming of the safety lancet system. | 10-22-2015 |
20150305660 | PUNCTURE INSTRUMENT, PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE MOUNTED IN PUNCTURE INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD FOR USING PUNCTURE INSTRUMENT AND PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE - It is an object of this disclosure to facilitate a series of puncture-related operations in a puncture instrument. In a main case of a puncture instrument, a main rod is provided. An injector rod is mounted to a main rod and includes a lancet holder on one end side. An actuating rod is mounted to the injector rod and has an engagement component on the other end side. A first biasing member biases the injector rod toward the first end side. A manipulation component is provided so as to be slidable in and out through an opening on the other end side of the main case. A locking member is axially supported rotatably by a portion of the main rod between the manipulation component and the injector rod. The locking member includes a first engaged part, a second engaged part and a second biasing member. | 10-29-2015 |
20150313513 | LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device includes a lancet body ( | 11-05-2015 |
20150359474 | PUSH-TO-CHARGE MECHANISM FOR LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device has a charging mechanism that operates to convert an external push action by a user to an internal pull action that retracts and charges a lancet for use in a lancing stroke. In some embodiments, the charging mechanism includes a user-actuated charging push-button, a reverse charging member coupled to a lancet carrier, and a reverse-motion conversion member coupled therebetween. Depressing the user-actuated member in a first longitudinal direction causes transverse movement of the conversion member, which in turn causes longitudinal retraction of the reverse charging member and the lancet carrier coupled thereto in a second longitudinal direction opposite the first direction, thereby charging a drive mechanism of the lancing device. In other embodiments, a rack-and-pinion gear mechanism provides the same push-to-pull functionality. | 12-17-2015 |
20160015305 | Lancet Device with First-Drop Removal - A medical puncturing device having a wicking element disposed on a portion of the medical puncturing device is disclosed. The wicking element allows a user to remove a first drop of blood upon puncturing the skin using the medical puncturing device. In this manner, a subsequent drop of blood can be used to test their blood to determine their blood glucose level for proper insulin dosing. | 01-21-2016 |
20160022177 | SAFETY LANCING DEVICE - A kind of safety lancing device has a front cap and lancet holder with feature: the front cap and lancet holder are connected in insert-plug type, and the front cap is equipped with connecting block at connection end and the lancet holder is equipped with slot at connection end. And the slot includes slideable slot and deadlock slot. The slideable slot is located in front of deadlock slot. The latch is set at the flexible arm end of ejection pin and the latch is equipped with bayonet at the front end and equipped with latch hook at rear end; the width of slideable slot and deadlock slot is larger than that of latch; the slideable slot is equipped with a blocking shoulder at rear end and the deadlock slot is equipped with latching shoulder at front end. | 01-28-2016 |
20160030078 | MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices. | 02-04-2016 |
20160089206 | UV LED INTEGRATED FLEAM - Provided is a UV LED-integrated fleam which can be used while sterilizing a needle. The fleam may include: a hollow housing; a button member installed in the housing; a needle member momentarily protruding to the outside of the housing from a standby position when the button member is pressed, and then returning to the standby position in the housing; and a UV LED installed in the housing and irradiating UV light onto the needle member at the standby position. | 03-31-2016 |
20160128615 | MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices. | 05-12-2016 |