Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120041379 | Cartridge and Medication Delivery Device - A single-use cartridge for a medication delivery device, comprises a body element ( | 02-16-2012 |
20130240393 | FUNCTIONAL PACKAGING FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a packaging for a medical device comprising a casing adapted to at least partially receive and/or to accommodate the medical device featuring at least one user-driven function, wherein the casing comprises at least one functional element adapted to imitate the at least one function of the medical device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130267810 | APPARATUS INCLUDING A LANCET - Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprises: a member rotatably mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate between a first position and a second position; and a curved lancet protruding from the member and configured to co-rotate with the member such as to provide skin penetration by the lancet when the member is in the second position. At least 1 mm of the end portion of the curved lancet is coincident with a line that is concentric with respect to the shaft. | 10-10-2013 |
20140210979 | DETECTING A BLOOD SAMPLE - Apparatus for detecting presence of a blood sample is presented where the apparatus comprises a housing having an aperture, the aperture configured to receive a body part of a user, a camera having a field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the aperture, the camera configured to capture images of the user's body part, and a processor. The processor is configured to control operation of the camera receive the captured images, and determine whether a predetermined quantity of blood is present on the surface of the user's body part. | 07-31-2014 |
20140330166 | Apparatus for Eliciting a Blood Sample - The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing and is received through a hole in a test member. A lancet protrudes radially from the test member. The hole is configured to allow the test member to translate relative to the shaft, in the presence of a force exerted on the test member by an actuator, from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet is displaced towards the aperture. | 11-06-2014 |
20140336535 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR - Apparatus comprising a housing having an aperture configured to receive a body part of a user, a capacitive sensor supported on the housing and a controller configured to use the capacitive sensor to determine whether a body part of a user is present within the aperture and to permit lancing of the body part only when it is determined that the body part of the user is present in the aperture. | 11-13-2014 |
20140358034 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge comprises plural blood testing discs, each blood testing disc including a lancet and a blood collection and testing part. Each of the discs has a generally circular shape with a cutout at one side thereof. The lancet of each disc is supported at the periphery of the disc at a location that does not coincide with the cutout. The cartridge includes a side face having an aperture formed therein. The discs are supported in a rotatable manner on a common longitudinal axis. In a non-operational condition, the cutouts of the discs are located in a close proximity to and facing the side face of the cartridge and in an operational condition a disc that is coincident with the aperture is permitted to rotate on the longitudinal axis such that the part of the disc on which the lancet is supported passes through the aperture to allow lancing. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358035 | APPARATUS FOR ELICITING A BLOOD SAMPLE - An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprises a housing, an aperture in a wall of the housing, an aperture cover moveable between a first position in which the aperture is covered and a second position in which the aperture is uncovered, the aperture cover comprising a sealing member configured to seal the aperture on a first side of the wall when the aperture cover is in the first position and a user-contactable part extending from the sealing member through the aperture to the second side of the wall and configured to allow a user to move the aperture cover between the first and second positions. | 12-04-2014 |
20140360872 | Testing Member Cartridge - A cartridge configured to be inserted into a meter, the cartridge comprising: a housing having at least two electrical contacts disposed on an inner surface of a wall of the housing and at least two electrical contacts disposed on an outer surface of the wall of the housing, wherein a conductive path is provided between corresponding ones of the at least two electrical contacts on the inner and outer surfaces; and at least one testing member supported within the housing, each testing member having at least two contact pads configured to engage with the at least two electrical contacts disposed on the inner surface of the housing wall when that testing member is moved into a measurement position, wherein the at least two electrical contacts disposed on the outer surface of the housing wall are configured to provide a conductive connection between the testing member and the meter. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360873 | BLOOD ANALYSIS METER - A meter configured to perform a blood analysis is presented where the meter has a housing, the housing having an aperture configured to receive a body part of a user. The meter also having a plurality of light sources supported by the housing and a controller configured to control the plurality of light sources to indicate an operational status of the apparatus. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364888 | Apparatus Comprising A Lancet - An apparatus comprises a housing, a testing member rotatably mounted in the housing, a lancet protruding from an edge of the testing member and having a piercing end, and a cover configured to cover at least the piercing end of the lancet and to be displaced from the piercing end of the lancet during actuation of the testing member. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371561 | CARTRIDGE AND METER FOR RECEIVING THE CARTRIDGE - The specification describes a cartridge for insertion into a meter, the interior of the meter comprising a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body. The cartridge comprises an orientation member provided at one end of the cartridge, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding at least part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371629 | APPARATUS FOR ELICITING A BLOOD SAMPLE - The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing. A first part of a testing member is mounted on the shaft and a second part of a testing member is configured to co-rotate with the first part. A lancet protrudes radially from the second part. The second part is configured, in the presence of a force exerted against the testing member by an actuator, to translate relative to the first part from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet is displaced towards the aperture. | 12-18-2014 |
20140378800 | Eliciting a Blood Sample - Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample, the apparatus comprising; a testing member rotatably mounted on a shaft; and an aperture for positioning a body part of the user relative to the edge of the testing member, wherein an edge of the testing member is shaped such as repeatedly to exert pressure on the skin of a user when the testing member is rotated. | 12-25-2014 |
20150031974 | Apparatus for Eliciting a Blood Sample - The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing and a testing member is mounted on the shaft which rotates with the shaft. A lancing member is pivotably mounted to the testing member and a lancet protrudes from the lancing member. The lancing member is arranged to pivot relative to the testing member from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet extends into or through the aperture when the testing member is rotated so that the lancing member is coincident with the aperture. | 01-29-2015 |
20150038817 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge ( | 02-05-2015 |