Single use lancet assembly
First Claim
1. A single use lancet device comprising:
- a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and an access opening defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
an actuation assembly structured to release said lancet from said cocked orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
a restrictor assembly structured to prevent said lancet from be oriented and maintained in a position which permits said driving assembly to move said lancet into said piercing orientation upon normal actuation of said actuation assembly, after said lancet has moved at least temporarily into said piercing orientation.
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Abstract
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.
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12 Claims
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1. A single use lancet device comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and an access opening defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
an actuation assembly structured to release said lancet from said cocked orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
a restrictor assembly structured to prevent said lancet from be oriented and maintained in a position which permits said driving assembly to move said lancet into said piercing orientation upon normal actuation of said actuation assembly, after said lancet has moved at least temporarily into said piercing orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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