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20080249554 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue - These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves the member along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. An analyte detecting member is positioned to receive fluid from a wound created by the penetrating member. The detection member is configured to determine a concentration of an analyte in the fluid using a sample of less than 1 μL of the fluid. | 10-09-2008 |
20080269791 | KINKED LANCET - A device for obtaining body fluid is described which has at least one lancet comprising a lancet body and a tip. The lancet has at least one structure with an altered stiffness which can also be referred to as a bending region. This structure preferably has a lower or reduced stiffness than the remaining lancet body such that the lancet can be bent in this region when a force acts thereon. In this process, the orientation of the tip is changed relative to the remaining lancet body. This change in orientation is preferably out of the lancet body plane. | 10-30-2008 |
20080300614 | Method and apparatus for multi-use body fluid sampling device with sterility barrier release - A device for use with a gripper is provided. A cartridge is provided that defines a plurality of cavities. A plurality of penetrating members are at least partially contained in the cavities of the cartridge. The penetrating members are slidably movable to extend outward from the cartridge to penetrate tissue. Each cavity has a longitudinal opening that provides access to an elongate portion of the penetrating member. A sterility barrier is coupled to the cartridge. The sterility barrier covers a plurality of the longitudinal openings. The sterility barrier is configured to be moved so that the elongate portion is accessed by the gripper without touching the barrier. | 12-04-2008 |
20090005798 | Tool-Holder Instrument - The invention concerns a handle-shaped tool-holder instrument comprising a drive shaft ( | 01-01-2009 |
20090012551 | Lancet - A skin pricking lancet ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090030441 | LANCET DEVICE AND METHOD - A lancet device ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090043324 | MAGNETIC LANCET DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide magnetic lancet devices and methods for driving a lancet. For example, a magnetic lancet device may include a driving mechanism having a plurality of magnets and a lancet coupled to the driving mechanism. A magnetic interaction between the plurality of magnets is configured to drive the lancet from an engaged position to a penetrating position. | 02-12-2009 |
20090043325 | BLOOD LANCET WITH HYGIENIC TIP PROTECTION - The invention concerns lancets with a lancet needle, the tip of the lancet needle being embedded in an elastic material. Furthermore the invention concerns lancets where the tip of the lancet needle is surrounded by a hollow body which partially consists of an elastic material that can be pierced by the tip of the lancet needle during the lancing process and which reseals the tip of the lancet needle in the hollow body when it is retracted. In addition the invention concerns a lancet magazine in which the lancets are accommodated in individual chambers, each chamber having an opening through which the tip of the lancet needle can pass, which is sealed by an elastic material. Finally the invention concerns the use of an elastic material as a component of a lancet or a lancet magazine to maintain the sterility of at least the tip of a lancet needle in the unused state and to hygienically protect at least the tip of a lancet needle in the used state. | 02-12-2009 |
20090069832 | Pricking Device, and Lancet Assembly and Injector Assembly That Constitute the Same - A pricking device is provided that allows a protruding tip of a distal end portion of a pricking member to be shielded from surround as much as possible and removed from an injector assembly. | 03-12-2009 |
20090112247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue - A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of cartridges, each with a distal port and a proximal port. A plurality of penetrating members are provided, each being coupled to a cartridge. Each penetrating member has a sharpened distal tip and a shaft portion slidably disposed within the cartridge. A seal is formed by a fracturable material between the penetrating member and the cartridge. The seal is positioned at one or both of a distal port or a proximal port of the cartridge. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting. | 04-30-2009 |
20090118752 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSION OF BODILY FLUIDS FROM AN INCISION - Systems and methods for the expression of bodily fluid from an incision in the skin include devices which bear against the skin in a manner to retain the fluid adjacent the incision site and urge the fluid inwardly toward the incision. Systems utilize a constricting member, a bi-stable expression member, or a pressing member. The present invention further encompasses combinations of the foregoing expression systems with each other, as well as with other expression devices known in the art. Moreover, the invention includes the combination of the expression systems with incising, sampling and/or testing systems, particularly in a single, integrated device. The present invention also contemplates the associated methods for expressing bodily fluid from an incision, including in combination with methods for incising, sampling and/or testing of the bodily fluid. | 05-07-2009 |
20090131964 | Tissue penetration device - A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin. | 05-21-2009 |
20090131965 | Tissue penetration device - A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138032 | Tissue penetration device - A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin. | 05-28-2009 |
20090204138 | LANCET HAVING A GROUND TIP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING - A lancet made of lancet wire having a ground tip. The lancet has a first ground face and a further ground face, which are located at a defined angle relative to one another, the length of the lancet being at most 16 mm. Also disclosed is a method for producing lancets for taking blood for medical-analytical purposes, which have at least one ground face that is generated in a grinding procedure. A lancet wire is positioned using a positioning device in a defined grinding position relative to a grinding element of a grinding device, and the following method steps are performed in this sequence: drawing off the lancet wire from a roll and transporting it into the positioning device; fixing or securing the lancet wire in the positioning device; grinding the free end of the lancet wire using the grinding device to generate at least one ground face; and cutting off the free end of the lancet wire in a cutting position to form a lancet having a defined length. | 08-13-2009 |
20090216259 | Insertion Needle and Lancet With the Same - The present invention relates to a puncture needle ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090281562 | LANCET - Lancet, in particular for a patient's skin puncturing device for collecting a blood sample for diagnostic purposes, is comprised of the body ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090299396 | Lancet - A lancet including a needle; a body for holding the needle; and a cap for shielding at least the tip of the needle; the body and/or the cap being moulded, wherein the body and the cap are bonded together during moulding, and wherein, at the interface between the body and the cap, the bonding force per area unit is less than within both the body and the cap. Also a lancet including: a needle; a body for holding the needle; and a cap for shielding at least the tip of the needle, wherein the body has a first engagement formation and the cap has a second engagement formation, wherein the engagement formations are formed such that, once the cap has been removed from the remainder of the lancet, the engagement formations can be made to engage with each other so that the cap is carried by the body. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306695 | Permanent Magnet Lancing Device - A lancing device and a method for using the lancing device includes a plunger mechanism having a permanent magnet housed therein. The lancing device includes a movable element having at least one attracting object and at least one repelling object. The attracting object attracts the permanent magnet to move the plunger into a retracted position. The repelling object repels the permanent magnet to move the plunger into a lancing position to pierce the skin of a test subject. The use of the permanent magnet in the plunger mechanism reduces or eliminates multiple punctures due to plunger bounce or oscillation that can occur while a body fluid sample is being drawn. | 12-10-2009 |
20090312781 | Lancet - A lancet of which distal end portion of a puncturing member does not easily bend, when a weakened portion | 12-17-2009 |
20090318946 | Pricking Needle and Lancet Having The Same - There is provided a pricking needle which causes less pain upon the pricking operation. | 12-24-2009 |
20100010527 | Safety lancet - The present invention is directed toward a safety lancet having a safety cap slidably engaged with a hub having a cannula such that in a pre-use position the safety cap allows access to the cannula and in post-use position, the safety cap prevents access to the cannula. | 01-14-2010 |
20100030249 | LANCETS WITH IMPROVED COUPLING FEATURES AND STERILITY CAPS - Improved lancet configurations and protective lancet endcap configurations are disclosed. In example forms, one or more flexing cantilevers project from the lancet body for coupling with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. A gripping handle extends from a sterility cap for ease of removal from and replacement over the lancet tip. A lancet body has a smoothly curved wave contour with at least one crest and at least one trough for engagement with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. | 02-04-2010 |
20100036407 | SINGLE-USE LANCET SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METER - A single-use lancet cartridge for inserting into a multi-use lancet driver assembly includes an elongated lancet housing with an open end, a lancet within the lancet housing and movable between a retracted and resting orientation to a piercing orientation through the open end, and a re-use prevention component incorporated within the lancet cartridge and oriented to cooperatively engage with a driver piston of the multi-use lancet driver assembly only one time thereby preventing the lancet from being moved into a piercing orientation a second time. The single-use lancet cartridge is used that contains the multi-use lancet driver assembly. | 02-11-2010 |
20100036408 | RETRACTABLE LANCET AND RETRACTION MECHANISM FOR USE THEREWITH - A lancet for use with a lancing device, the lancet including a lancet body and a lancet needle. The lancet needle has a tip for piercing a subject's skin, and the tip of the lancet needle is retractable into the lancet body after use to prevent user contact with the now-contaminated tip. The needle retraction may be effected by a retraction mechanism including a control member with a cam surface and a ram surface and a lever with a cam follower and a needle engagement or stop member. As the control member is moved relative to the lancet, the cam follower transcribes the cam surface, which causes the engagement or stop member to retract the lancet. | 02-11-2010 |
20100042128 | CAP FOR LANCING DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE MODE OF OPERATION - Caps and cap assemblies for lancing devices with adjustable modes of use are disclosed herein. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, an adjustable cap assembly for a lancing device having a housing is disclosed. The assembly comprises at least one cap comprising a cap body with a skin-engaging end that defines a piercing aperture, an end opposite the skin-engaging end configured to removably engage an end of the housing and a lancet receiver within the cap body and configured to receive a lancet. The at least one cap is configured to adjust a penetration depth of the lancet with axial movement of the cap relative to the housing and to adjust an effective size of the piercing aperture with the lancet receiver. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042129 | ADJUSTABLE CAP AND LANCING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - Disclosed are cap embodiments each comprising a body having a skin-engaging end defining a piercing aperture, a lancet receiver, and an intermediate member. A first cam path is located on one of the lancet receiver and the intermediate member, and a first cam follower is located on the other of the lancet receiver and the intermediate member that engages the first cam path. A second cam path is located on one of the cap body and the intermediate member, and a second cam follower is located on the other of the cap body and the intermediate member that engages the second cam path. The first and second cam paths are configured such that rotation of the intermediate member by an actuating mechanism causes the cap body to move forward and rearward and the lancet receiver to move forward and rearward. Also disclosed are lancing devices and methods of use. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042130 | LANCET AND PACKAGING THEREFOR - A lancet device is provided with stackable features to carry a plurality of lancets as a single unit. The lancet device includes a lancet body with a sharp tip at one end for drawing a sample of blood. The lancet body has opposing sides with projections on one of the opposing sides and depressions on the other opposing side. The projections and depressions are configured such that projections on one lancet body securely engages into the depressions of an adjacent lancet body providing a stacked formation. As an alternate, the plurality of lancets can be housed in an elongated member so that the plurality of lancets can be transported as a single unit. | 02-18-2010 |
20100049231 | Lancet Removal Tool - A lancet removal tool | 02-25-2010 |
20100069943 | MAGNETIC POWERED LANCING DRIVE - A self-powered lancing drive system and lancing technique uses permanent magnets to initially store the potential energy that is converted to kinetic energy for extending a lancet during lancing. This self-powered lancing drive system is a pure permanent magnet drive that is highly reliable under numerous operating conditions. Permanent magnets can produce stronger magnetic fields at smaller sizes as compared to electromagnets. In one form, the lancing system has a drive permanent magnet that is kept fixed or stationary while the lancet magnet travels along the firing path. With the drive magnet being stationary, the lancet experiences fewer fluctuations in the magnetic field. The lancet vibrates less and is driven straighter into the tissue. In another form, a retraction magnet is positioned at the end of the firing path of the lancet, near the tissue, to enhance retraction of the lancet. In another form, a mechanical structure keeps the magnets in close proximity so that the strength of the magnetic propulsion force is maintained. The mechanical structure in one example is a crank mechanism that confines magnet movement to a circular path. The crank mechanism provides a smooth lancing profile as well as facilitates adjustments to the lancing profile. | 03-18-2010 |
20100087847 | BLOOD LANCET DEVICE - This invention relates to a blood lancet device that is used to collect a small quantity of blood from a human body. More specifically, it relates to a blood lancet device that: can control the depth of the lancet needle's penetration of the skin; can push the lancet to eject; can accurately collect blood by ensuring linear motion; and can reduce the pain involved in blood collection. | 04-08-2010 |
20100168774 | PRICKING DEVICE - A pricking device having an accurate pricking function, an automatic safe post-use discarding function and a re-use inhibiting function is disclosed. The pricking device is easy and simple to operate, simple in structure and is high in productivity to reduce production costs. The pricking device is made up of a lancet unit and a housing unit. The lancet unit includes a needle. The lancet unit is formed by a unit body member, a restoration member and a resilient piece for lock molded as one with one another. The unit body member operates to cause the needle to pop out from the housing unit in connection with a pricking operation. The restoration member controls the operation of movement of the unit body member as it stores a force of elasticity in it. After the pricking operation, the needle is returned into the inside of the housing unit under the so stored force of elasticity of the restoration member. Another force of elasticity is stored in the resilient piece for lock as a result of the movement of the unit body member. The resilient piece for lock includes a cam bump engaged with a lock cam section of the housing unit after the pricking operation. | 07-01-2010 |
20100198246 | Puncture device and puncture needle cartridge - A puncture device is constituted such that a plunger ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100222799 | JOINING FOILS WITH LASER FOR STERILE LANCETS - A process for manufacturing packaged lancets, comprising the steps:
| 09-02-2010 |
20100241149 | LANCING DEVICE - By moving a control member | 09-23-2010 |
20100241150 | SKIN INCISION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR INCISING SKIN WITH THE SAME - Provided are skin incision instrument to efficiently incise minimal portions and a method for incising skin with the skin incision instrument. The skin incision instrument according to the present invention comprises a holder, a needle, a needle drive unit, a skin expander, and a reader, wherein the needle and the skin expander are mounted at an end of the holder, the needle drive unit is mounted in the holder, the needle drive unit is capable of forming an incision portion in a skin caused to contact the end of the holder by moving the needle, the skin expander is capable of expanding skin at both sides of the linear incision portion away from the linear incision portion in a direction to expand the linear incision portion, and the reader determines position of the skin expander by rotating the skin expander around the needle in order to adjust an angle to 45 degrees or more and 90 degrees or less wherein the angle is a smaller angle among angles formed by the representative line connecting both ends of the linear incision portion and the direction to expand skin at both sides of the linear incision portion with the skin expander, and minimal portions are efficiently incised. | 09-23-2010 |
20100280537 | LANCET - A lancet for use with a lancing device, the lancet having a body with releasable engagement features for engagement with a cooperating portion of a lancing device, a sharp needle, and a removable endcap. A coupling portion of the lancet has a non-circular profile. The endcap includes a receptacle for covering the sharp lancet tip after use, and a sheath portion with relief openings to reduce bending of the needle during manufacture or during removal of the endcap. | 11-04-2010 |
20100298856 | LANCET DEVICE - A lancet device is configured for performing a puncture by mounting a lancet including a puncture needle to the tip of a puncture body holder. The lancet device has a simple configuration that makes it possible to strengthen the retaining force for retaining the lancet when the lancet is used. In the lancet device, an insertion portion of a puncture body that is inserted into a mounting portion of the puncture body holder is retained by means of the frictional force. A fastening member provided in a main body side makes contact with the outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion of the puncture body holder and inwardly fastens the mounting portion when the fastening member is moved in the puncture direction relative to the puncture body holder. | 11-25-2010 |
20110009891 | VARIABLE FIT LANCET - A lancet having a lancet body and a sharp lancing tip extending from the lancet body, the lancet body including at least one flexing engagement fin, which is resiliently deformable upon insertion into a receiver of a lancing device. The outer dimension of the lancet effectively self-adjusts to conform to a wide range of receiver inner dimensions, and as such, the lancet of the present invention enables universal application with a larger range of lancing devices than previously known lancets. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009892 | COVERS FOR TISSUE ENGAGING MEMBERS - Moveable tissue engaging members and methods of fabricating and using the same are provided. | 01-13-2011 |
20110015661 | LANCET WHEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LANCET WHEEL - The invention relates to a lancet wheel comprising multiple annularly positioned lancets ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110015662 | PUNCTURE DEVICE - A puncture device capable of preventing needle stick accidents and of reducing the burden on patients during operation. In this puncture device, a puncture needle cartridge comprises: a lancet body having a puncture needle at one end with the other end being to be held by a puncture instrument body; a protective cap; and a puncture needle holder engaged with the lancet body to rotate together with the lancet body about a rotation axis P. A mounting member rotates together with the puncture needle holder with a boss guided by a slit through being pressed by the puncture needle cartridge in a direction of mounting in a case, and is mounted in the case. The protective cap, formed integrally with the lancet body, is prevented from rotating by being grasped and is separated from the lancet body with the rotation of the mounting member. | 01-20-2011 |
20110130781 | METHOD OF SETTING LANCING MEMBER TO LANCING DEVICE, LANCING DEVICE, AND CAM MECHANISM - A lancing member ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110196409 | PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE - To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge | 08-11-2011 |
20110224712 | LANCING SYSTEM FOR WITHDRAWING A BODY FLUID - Lancing system for withdrawing body fluid having a lancing element and a lancing instrument , which includes a lancing drive, by which a lancing movement of a lancing element is driven. The lancing drive comprises a drive source and a transmission having a housing coupling mechanism which includes at least two transmission links, a housing bearing, and a coupling element adapted for coupling a lancing element thereto. A lancing depth limiting stop is positioned in the housing so that a stop surface of the lancing element contacts the lancing depth limiting stop during the forward phase of the lancing movement. The housing coupling mechanism comprises a length compensation device to ensure a distance adaptation of the spacing between the lancing element and a housing bearing of the housing coupling mechanism during contact of the stops and further movement of the lancing drive. | 09-15-2011 |
20110230905 | TAPE TRANSPORT LANCE SAMPLER - A lancet-sampler system is configured to automatically remove a protective cover from a lancet and automatically unpack a test pad just prior to use. This minimizes the risk of injury and reduces the chance of cross-contamination between the lancet and the test pad. The lancet defines a capillary groove for drawing body fluid from the incision via capillary action and a sample transfer opening for collecting the fluid from the groove. A carrier tape is coupled to the lancet. The carrier tape includes a test pad for analyzing the fluid. The tape is folded around the test pad to form an airtight package. The test pad is located at a position to align with the sample transfer opening when the tape is unfolded. The protective cover covers a portion of the lancet, and when the tape is pulled, the protective cover is automatically pulled from the lancet. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238100 | TAPE TRANSPORT LANCE SAMPLER - A lancet-sampler system is configured to automatically remove a protective cover from a lancet and automatically unpack a test pad just prior to use. This minimizes the risk of injury and reduces the chance of cross-contamination between the lancet and the test pad. The lancet defines a capillary groove for drawing body fluid from the incision via capillary action and a sample transfer opening for collecting the fluid from the groove. A carrier tape is coupled to the lancet. The carrier tape includes a test pad for analyzing the fluid. The tape is folded around the test pad to form an airtight package. The test pad is located at a position to align with the sample transfer opening when the tape is unfolded. The protective cover covers a portion of the lancet, and when the tape is pulled, the protective cover is automatically pulled from the lancet. | 09-29-2011 |
20110282375 | LANCETS AND METHODS OF USE - Lancets and methods of use are provided. Embodiments include lancets including a sleeve mounted to an elongated body having a needle terminating in a sharp tip. | 11-17-2011 |
20120022565 | COLLAPSIBLE LANCING DEVICE - Disclosed herein are embodiments of lancing devices for use with a lancet having a lancet body and a sharp tip covered by a removable cap. One lancing device comprises a housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a drawer received within the housing at the first end and movable between an open position and a closed position, the drawer having a drawer face and a drawer body, the drawer body configured to receive the lancet, and a decapping arm disposed within the housing and connected to the housing via a pivot at the second end of the housing, the decapping arm movable about the pivot between a storage position and a decapping position. | 01-26-2012 |
20120035639 | REUSE PROTECTION FOR LANCET SYSTEM - A lancet magazine for use in a lancing aid is described comprising a plurality of lancets each having a lancet body at the proximal end of the lancet and a lancet tip at the distal end of the lancet, where the proximal end of the lancet points in the direction of the proximal end of the housing of the lancet magazine and the distal end of the lancet is aligned in the direction of the distal end of the housing and the lancets in the unused state are completely surrounded by the housing. Furthermore, an extension unit is movably connected to the housing in such a manner that the housing can be extended by movement of the extension unit in the direction of the distal end of the housing such that the lancet is prevented from emerging from the lancet magazine. | 02-09-2012 |
20120059402 | LANCETS WITH IMPROVED COUPLING FEATURES AND STERILITY CAPS - Improved lancet configurations and protective lancet endcap configurations are disclosed. In example forms, one or more flexing cantilevers project from the lancet body for coupling with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. A gripping handle extends from a sterility cap for ease of removal from and replacement over the lancet tip. A lancet body has a smoothly curved wave contour with at least one crest and at least one trough for engagement with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. | 03-08-2012 |
20120116436 | SAFETY LANCET - A lancet, a lancing device, a method of loading a lancet into a lancing device, and methods of manufacturing and utilization thereof are disclosed. The lancet may have a needle, a body attached to the base of the needle, arm members attached to the body, and a tip cover attached to the arm members and slidably attached to the needle, wherein at least one of the tip cover and the body is selectively moveable between an operative configuration and a protective configuration. The lancing device may have a lancet holder having surfaces which retain the lancet. The method of loading a lancet may involve providing the lancet in a protective configuration and inserting the lancet into a lancet holder of the lancing device, such that the tip cover or the body is selectively moveable between an operative configuration and a protective configuration. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116437 | LANCET - The invention relates to a lancet having a flat shaft ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120172906 | Tissue penetration device - A moving coil tissue penetration device includes a magnetic source that produces a magnetic field in a magnetically active region. A cylindrical coil is secured to a translation substrate and disposed at least partially within the magnetically active region. A sharpened member is configured to penetrate tissue and mechanically coupled to the translation substrate. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179185 | CONTACT ACTIVATED INCISION DEVICE - A contact activated incision device, comprises a housing defining a cavity, and a longitudinal axis extends between a proximal end and a distal end of the housing. A slider is slidable with respect to the housing along the longitudinal axis and at least partially positioned outside of the housing. A roller is mounted on the housing and rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A blade assembly is mounted on the roller and has a blade, wherein the blade is movable from a retracted position to an extended position and to a final position, at the retracted position the blade is positioned in the cavity, at the extended position the blade extends at least partially beyond the proximal end of the housing, and at the final position the blade is positioned in the cavity. | 07-12-2012 |
20120245611 | DISPOSABLE LANCET DEVICE CAP WITH INTEGRAL LANCET AND/OR TEST STRIP AND TESTING DEVICE UTILIZING THE CAP - Assembly for a testing or lancet device. The assembly includes a lancet and a member. The member has an opening that allows a portion of a needle of the lancet to pass therethrough. | 09-27-2012 |
20120253374 | LANCET GRIPPER FOR USE IN A LANCET DEVICE - A gripper device for use in a lancet device for generating a sample of a body fluid. In the lancet device, a plurality of lancets can be provided in succession on a carrier element in an application position. The gripper device is equipped to seize one lancet at a time in the application position and carry out a piercing movement using the lancet. The gripper device includes at least one stop element, which is equipped to stop the lancet in the application position and temporarily prevent further movement of the carrier element. The gripper device further includes at least one positioning element, which is equipped to position the lancet during the piercing movement in a direction transverse to a piercing direction. The gripper device can further include at least one counter-gripper, which is equipped to cooperate with the stop element whereby the lancet can be held with a form fit. | 10-04-2012 |
20130012976 | LANCET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LANCET, AND MOLD FOR THE METHOD - There is provided a process of producing a lancet which suppresses curving (or flexing) of the front end portion of the pricking member. | 01-10-2013 |
20130041395 | INTRODUCTORY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INSERTING INTRACARDIAC INSTRUMENTS - An introduction assembly and method for the insertion of medical instruments through a thoracic passage into a selected one of either the left or right atrium of the heart. Catheters or other instruments dedicated to performing required cardiac maneuvers are passed through an introductory sheath having a distal end disposed within the targeted atrium. Upon completion of the required cardiac maneuvers the instruments are removed from the atrium and a closure assembly is passed through the introductory sheath into a closing relation to an entry site, formed in the pericardium and corresponding atrium wall, to facilitate healing thereof. The introductory assembly and method facilitates the concurrent, operative disposition of a plurality of catheters or other instruments into the interior of the selected atrium through different thoracic passages and entry sites thereby allowing synergistic interaction between the multiple catheters in the performance of the required cardiac maneuvers. | 02-14-2013 |
20130053878 | CAP ASSEMBLY FOR ALTERNATE SITE TESTING AND/OR UTILIZING A LOCKING SYSTEM AND/OR LOCKED DEPTH OF PENETRATION POSITIONS AND/OR LANCET DEVICE USING SUCH FEATURES - The invention provides for a lancet device and/or a cap assembly for a lancet device which includes a member capable of being removably mounted to a body of the lancet device. An alternate site testing (AST) cap can be mounted to the member. A method of using the lancet device includes mounting the member to a body of the lancet device, placing the alternate site testing (AST) cap against a skin surface, and forming a puncture in the skin surface with the needle. A method the lancet device includes mounting the member to a body of the lancet device and mounting the alternate site testing (AST) cap onto the member. | 02-28-2013 |
20130072953 | LANCETS WITH IMPROVED COUPLING FEATURES AND STERILITY CAPS - Improved lancet configurations and protective lancet endcap configurations are disclosed. In example forms, one or more flexing cantilevers project from the lancet body for coupling with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. A gripping handle extends from a sterility cap for ease of removal from and replacement over the lancet tip. A lancet body has a smoothly curved wave contour with at least one crest and at least one trough for engagement with a cooperating receiver of a lancing device. | 03-21-2013 |
20130103069 | Collecting Technique And Device To Concentrate A Blood Sample On A Test Pad - A lancet structure for making an incision at a skin site and transporting an amount of blood from the incision away from the skin site and methods of utilizing and making such a lancet structure are disclosed. The lancet structure may comprise an elongated body having a first surface and a second surface, a skin penetrating end for making the incision, a through bore extending from the first surface to the second surface, and a blood transport portion extending from the skin penetrating end to the through bore along the first surface. The blood transport portion is configured to transport the amount of blood away from the skin site via a capillary force to the through bore, and the through bore is configured to transport the blood to the second surface. | 04-25-2013 |
20130116718 | LANCET - The invention relates to a lancet, which has a lancet tip at a front end and which on an upper face comprises a contact surface for placing a test element thereon and at least one channel for receiving a sample, wherein an upwardly open section of the channel runs in the contact surface. According to the invention, the channel has another upwardly open channel section which runs on the upper face of the lancet in or adjacent to a surface area that is lower than the contact surface, wherein the contact surface is arranged between the lancet tip and the lower surface area. The invention further relates to a system comprising such a lancet and a test element, and to a method for transferring a liquid sample from a channel of a lancet which is designed as a groove or slot to a test element. | 05-09-2013 |
20130123824 | LANCING DEVICE WITH CAM-ACTUATED DRIVE AND SEPARATE GUIDANCE - A lancet assembly comprises a housing and a needle carriage movably housed within the housing, the needle carriage adapted to support a needle thereon, the needle carriage having a first end and a second end generally opposite thereto. A needle is mounted to the needle carriage and a guide element is positioned within the housing for guiding the needle carriage for reciprocating translation. A pivotal drive cam is provided for driving the needle carriage in translation and has a cam lobe for engaging the second end of the needle carriage, wherein the needle carriage is guided by the guide element and driven in translation by the pivotal drive cam such that the guidance and drive are kept separate. The pivotal drive cam can be moved between a cocked, retracted position, a fired, retracted position, and an extended position in between the cocked retracted position and the fired, retracted position. The lancet assembly can include a guidance biasing spring for biasing the needle carriage toward a retracted position and a separate drive spring for storing potential energy for pivoting the pivotal drive cam. | 05-16-2013 |
20130165961 | LANCET CARTRIDGE - A lancet cartridge is provided with a skin contact section that is held in the interior of a lancet holder and that includes a second pricking opening. A first pricking opening is formed to a size such that a skin contact section can be accommodated therein. Upon pressing in the pricking direction, the skin contact section is accommodated in the first pricking opening, and the leading end section of a pricking member protrudes through the second pricking opening. | 06-27-2013 |
20130197557 | CONICAL TIP POLYMERIC LANCET - A lancet having a conical body incorporating multiple lancet gauge levels defining specific penetration depths to generate varying sample production. The conical body has a narrow tip and a large base, and may be formed of a polymeric material. | 08-01-2013 |
20130253560 | PUNCTURING INSTRUMENT - The invention comprises: a cylindrical main body case ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130267976 | LANCET-SEPARABLE LANCET DEVICE - A lancet-separable lancet device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lancet holder having a lancet seat to mount a lancet at one end and a separation hole at the other end; an operating mechanism disposed at the other end of the lancet holder so that the lancet holder is loaded and released by traveling along a predetermined path; a housing receiving the operating mechanism and having one end coupled to the lancet holder; an operation switch connected to the operating mechanism and operating the operating mechanism by pressing it; a cover covering one end of the housing and having a through-hole at the center through which a lancet needle of the lancet instantaneously protrudes; and a lancet separation mechanism disposed at the other side of the lancet holder and separating the lancet from the lancet holder by being inserted into the separation hole of the lancet holder. | 10-10-2013 |
20130267977 | LANCET HOLDER AND LANCET DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a lancet holder that can smoothly and accurately hold all of lancets with different cross-sections and diameters and can keep them vertical, and a lancet device including the lancet holder. | 10-10-2013 |
20130274780 | LANCING DEVICE WITH SIDE ACTIVATED CHARGE AND EJECT MECHANISMS - A lancing device having a housing with a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis. The lancing device also has a lancet carrier translationally supported with respect to the housing. The lancet carrier has a proximal end and a distal end. The lancing device additionally has a charging mechanism and/or an ejection mechanism adapted to pivot into the lancing device for engaging portions of the lancet carrier to perform the same. | 10-17-2013 |
20130331879 | PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE - To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge includes a puncture needle holder configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body, and provided with an opening through which a puncture needle is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap adapted to cover and protect the opening and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover the opening when the protective cap is joined and a pair of raised walls which protrude from the base toward the puncture needle holder and whose tip portions are placed facing each other. Tip portions of the raised walls pinch the puncture needle holder by spreading against elastic deformation when the protective cap is joined to the puncture needle holder, and when the protective cap is separated from the puncture needle holder, a space between the tip portions becomes smaller than outside diameter of the puncture needle holder due to elastic deformation. | 12-12-2013 |
20140088631 | LANCET - There is provided a lancet comprising a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component. In the lancet, the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal. The pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, and the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap. The lancet body of the lancet is thin except for a rim portion of the body, and the rim portion of the lancet body has such a form that the rim portion extends symmetrically from the thinned portion of the lancet body. | 03-27-2014 |
20140135808 | SYSTEM FOR WITHDRAWING BLOOD - The present invention includes a system for withdrawing body fluids. The system includes a drive unit having a plunger which is moved from a resting position into a lancing position in order to carry out a lancing process and a lancing unit containing a lancet with a needle. The plunger and lancet are coupled together by a form fit in order to carry out a lancing process. The invention additionally concerns a method for temporarily extending a needle from a device for withdrawing body fluid as well as a lancing unit that can be attached to the drive unit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140142604 | PERMANENT MAGNET LANCING DEVICE - A lancing device and a method for using the lancing device includes a plunger mechanism having a permanent magnet housed therein. The lancing device includes a movable element having at least one attracting object and at least one repelling object. The attracting object attracts the permanent magnet to move the plunger into a retracted position. The repelling object repels the permanent magnet to move the plunger into a lancing position to pierce the skin of a test subject. The use of the permanent magnet in the plunger mechanism reduces or eliminates multiple punctures due to plunger bounce or oscillation that can occur while a body fluid sample is being drawn. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148838 | Medical Instrument for Insertion into a Body Region of a Subject - In one embodiment, the invention includes a medical instrument for insertion into a subject including an elongate body which includes a proximal end and a distal end, a broad face, a narrow face, a lateral side and a counter-lateral side, said faces and sides defining a trapezoid shape along the length of the elongate body. The broad and narrow faces are generally parallel to one another and the lateral and counter-lateral sides each connect between the broad and narrow faces. The distal end of the instrument includes a cutting edge and is provided for insertion into the subject, wherein an incision made in a target area of the subject results in a linear penetration in the target area. An aperture may be disposed at or near the distal end of the medical instrument. | 05-29-2014 |
20140188148 | SURGICAL TUNNELER - A surgical tunneler assembly is used to pass a cable or other elongate member through the skin. A surgical tunneler may include a lance including a first segment, a second end segment, and a connector on each one of the first end segment and the second end segment. A cable adapter includes a lance connection portion and a cable connection portion. The lance connection portion engages and disengages the connectors. The cable connection portion engages and disengages a cable. A handle engages and disengages the lance. | 07-03-2014 |
20140243866 | Method for Producing Analytical Aids - A method for producing analytical aids for obtaining bodily fluid, in particular lancets or microsamplers, in which the aids are formed as a shaped part ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140243867 | SURGICALLY INVASIVE POINTED ARTICLES FOR SKIN PENETRATION AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION - A surgically invasive pointed article for skin penetration and its fabrication method are presented. The present invention comprises a protruding sharp end portion and a body portion, the protruding sharp end portion comprising at least one penetration tip that can be disabled after use. The tip disablement after use is an effective safety measure in eradicating accidental injuries and re-use. The tip disablement can be carried out manually by the user or automatically if the article is used with a custom-made tip-disabling applicator. The skin penetration device can be used as a lancet for blood sampling, a needle for immunization and skin allergy testing, or a skin breaching device for transdermal drug delivery. The second aspect of the invention is a method for preparing the surgically invasive pointed article for skin penetration. The preparation method includes injection mould the articles into at least two body segments, the first body segment comprising at least one protruding end for skin penetration, and the second body segment being hollow forming a handle for handling purpose or an adaptor for fitting into an applicator. The third aspect of the invention is an over-moulding process for packaging purposes, wherein the articles moulded with a first material mentioned above are over-moulded with a second softer and cheaper material to form various additional functional parts. | 08-28-2014 |
20140288585 | Lancing Device for Taking Blood Samples - A lancing device comprising a lancet holder for holding an exchangeable lancet and comprising a drive means for driving the lancet holder. The drive means has two spring elements comprising a lancing spring element for accelerating the lancet holder in the lancing direction and a restoring spring element for accelerating the lancet holder counter to the lancing direction. The drive means has a carriage unit with a spring-tensioning carriage part and a lancing carriage part, and the spring-tensioning carriage part and the lancing carriage part are arranged to be displaceable in translation relative to one another and form a lancing spring element receiving region and a restoring spring element receiving region. The lancing spring element receiving region can be reduced by translational displacement of the spring-tensioning carriage part relative to the lancing carriage part, in order to pre-tension the lancing spring element within the lancing spring element receiving region. | 09-25-2014 |
20140303661 | 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. | 10-09-2014 |
20140324088 | 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. | 10-30-2014 |
20140364887 | INTRA-MOLD STERILIZATION OF PLASTIC-EMBEDDED NEEDLE - Methods for intra-mold sterilization of a plastic-embedded metal component of a product, such as a medical lancet having a metal needle embedded within a plastic lancet body. For example, a lancet needle is retained within a mold, plastic is injected to encapsulate the needle, and a specified minimum temperature is maintained for a specified minimum cycle time. In example forms, the specified minimum mold temperature is at least about 370 degrees Fahrenheit and the specified minimum cycle time is at least about 10 seconds. | 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 |
20150012026 | LANCET EJECTION AND ADVANCEMENT MECHANISM FOR MULTI-LANCET CARTRIDGE - A lancing device includes an advance-and-eject mechanism with a positioning member for manipulating a series of interconnected lancets. The advance-and-eject mechanism includes an actuator, a control channel, a cam-and-follower mechanism, one or more axial-contact members, and one or more angular-contact members. Actuating the actuator relative to the control channel imparts rotational and axial forces on the positioning member, and the cam-and-follower mechanism selectively restricts rotational and/or axial motion of the positioning member to induce first-stage rotation, second-stage translation, third-stage rotation, and fourth-stage translation. The first-stage rotation rotates the axial-contact members into an interference position, the second-stage translation advances the axial-contact members and the lancet, the third-stage rotation rotates the angular-contact members and the lancet to sever its rearside connection, and the fourth-stage translation advances the axial-contact members and the lancet to a position free of the serial-interconnected lancets thereby ejecting it from the lancing device. | 01-08-2015 |
20150051630 | LANCING DEVICE WITH VIBRATION ABSORPTION MECHANISM - A lancing device includes a main body and a replaceable lancet. A front cover is detachably mounted to a front end of the main body and formed by a shell and a positioning member connected inside the shell for receiving the lancet. A shock absorber is mounted in between the shell and the positioning member. When the lancet is fired by a built-in percussion unit of the main body to move forward, the front end of the lancet collides with a stop portion of the positioning member, and the lancet stops movement and instantaneously retracts. Meanwhile, most or all of the vibrational energy generated when the front end of the lancet collides with the positioning member can be absorbed by the shock absorber. In this way, the vibration in the process of the blood sampling can be reduced to further minimize the pain felt by the testee. | 02-19-2015 |
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20160073943 | Lancing Device with Improved Lancet Holder - A lancing device includes a front cap detachably capped on a front side of a shell, a lancet, and a lancet holder linearly movably mounted in the shell for securing the lancet. The lancet holder is configured to provide one or multiple guide portions at the outer perimeter thereof. The front cap has one or multiple guide tracks located at an inner wall thereof corresponding to the stroke of the guide portion of the lancet holder. Thus, under the guidance of the guide track, the lancet and the lancet holder can be moved smoothly with minimized vibration to reduce the sense of pain suffered by the user. | 03-17-2016 |
20160100782 | Magnetic Lancet Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide magnetic lancet devices and methods for driving a lancet. For example, a magnetic lancet device may include a driving mechanism having a plurality of magnets and a lancet coupled to the driving mechanism. A magnetic interaction between the plurality of magnets is configured to drive the lancet from an engaged position to a penetrating position. | 04-14-2016 |
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