Blood lancet system for blood withdrawal for diagnostic purposes
First Claim
1. Blood lancet system for blood withdrawal for diagnostic purposes, comprising lancets and a pricking apparatus with a housing, a lancet holder movable in the housing for holding an exchangeable lancet, and a lancet drive for driving a pricking movement of the lancet on a predetermined pricking path, wherein the housing comprises a cap to be attached at a forward end thereof in pricking direction, the cap being removable for removing a used lancet out of the housing, and the lancet and the cap are adapted to be coupled, during attaching the cap to the housing, by a coupling mechanism comprising matching coupling elements, thereby enabling the extraction of the lancet from the lancet holder simultaneously with removing the cap.
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Abstract
Blood lancet system for blood withdrawal for diagnostic purposes with a housing, a lancet holder movable in the housing for holding an exchangeable lancet, and a lancet drive for driving the pricking movement of the lancet holder with the lancet contained herein. The housing has a cap at the front end in pricking direction which can be removed in order to remove a used lancet from the lancet holder.
The lancet and the housing cap are coupled, during the attachment of the housing cap, by a coupling mechanism comprising coupling elements matched to each other and enabling the extraction of the lancet from the lancet holder simultaneously with removing the housing cap.
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1. Blood lancet system for blood withdrawal for diagnostic purposes, comprising
lancets and a pricking apparatus with a housing, a lancet holder movable in the housing for holding an exchangeable lancet, and a lancet drive for driving a pricking movement of the lancet on a predetermined pricking path, wherein the housing comprises a cap to be attached at a forward end thereof in pricking direction, the cap being removable for removing a used lancet out of the housing, and the lancet and the cap are adapted to be coupled, during attaching the cap to the housing, by a coupling mechanism comprising matching coupling elements, thereby enabling the extraction of the lancet from the lancet holder simultaneously with removing the cap.
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