Skin pricker blood sampling device
First Claim
1. A skin pricker comprising an elongate housing, a lancet within the housing, spring urged towards the forward end thereof, means for releasing the lancet along a firing path from a cocked rearward position to cause momentary projection of its needle tip through an aperture at said forward end, and means for preventing re-exposure of the tip after such momentary projection, characterised in that the preventing means includes a projection on the interior of the housing which initially co-operates with a longitudinal channel in the lancet having a non-return rear end for escape of the projection from the channel as the lancet tip approaches exposure, subsequent co-operation of the projection with the lancet if re-cocking is attempted causing the lancet to be misaligned from the firing path.
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Abstract
A skin pricker has a housing (1) for a lancet (5) which, when released from a rearward cocked position, is propelled forwards by a spring momentarily to project its tip (3). During the forward motion a peg (12) within the housing (1) passes along a slot (10) in the lancet and, just before the tip (3) projects, snaps through a neck (11) at the rear end of the slot. If the lancet (5) is then pushed back, the peg (12) cannot re-enter the slot (10): instead it wedges the lancet sideways and, before it can be re-cocked, traps the lancet behind an abutment (13) ensuring that the tip (3) cannot be re-exposed. There can also be an arrangement (18, 21) whereby the lancet (5) cannot be prematurely pulled forwards by its cap (4) for the tip (3) and thus allow the peg (12) to escape the slot (10) before the pricker has been cocked and fired.
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- 1. A skin pricker comprising an elongate housing, a lancet within the housing, spring urged towards the forward end thereof, means for releasing the lancet along a firing path from a cocked rearward position to cause momentary projection of its needle tip through an aperture at said forward end, and means for preventing re-exposure of the tip after such momentary projection, characterised in that the preventing means includes a projection on the interior of the housing which initially co-operates with a longitudinal channel in the lancet having a non-return rear end for escape of the projection from the channel as the lancet tip approaches exposure, subsequent co-operation of the projection with the lancet if re-cocking is attempted causing the lancet to be misaligned from the firing path.
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