Blood sampling device
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Abstract
A device for sampling and/or analyzing blood or other body fluid of a subject. A housing contains a plurality of lancets and optionally includes test elements to take up a sample of blood, an evaluation system and a display. A complete system that can be handled as a single device, for example in the form of a wristwatch, includes a multiplicity of test elements and lancets, which can be brought successively to a working position to perform multiple measurements. A cassette or carrier includes multiple lancets and/or test elements, for insertion into the device.
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90 Claims
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1-68. -68. (Cancelled).
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69. A lancet cartridge for a lancing device comprising:
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a plurality of lancets, each lancet comprising a protective cap;
a carrier retaining said plurality of lancets in a plane and defining a path of travel within the plane for each of said plurality of lancets;
at least one guide member in engagement with the protective cap of each of said plurality of lancets; and
a spring biasing the protective cap of each of said plurality of lancets out of the plane. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A lancet cartridge comprising:
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at least one lancet having a protective cap removably mounted thereon, said at least one lancet constrained to a generally linear path of travel;
a spring for biasing the protective cap of each lancet out of the path of travel upon separation of the protective cap from the lancet. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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83. A lancet cartridge for replaceable insertion in a lancing device, said cassette comprising:
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a disk-shaped carrier having a first face comprising a series of teeth for cooperative engagement with an advancing mechanism of the lancing device and a second face comprising walls defining a plurality of radial paths; and
a plurality of lancets, each lancet translationally mounted in one of said radial paths. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A method of obtaining a sample of body fluid using a lancing device, said method comprising:
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cocking the lancing device to engage a first lancet with a drive mechanism, arm the drive mechanism, separate a protective cap from said first lancet, and remove the protective cap from a path of travel of the first lancet; and
actuating the lancing device to drive the first lancet along the path of travel. - View Dependent Claims (90)
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Specification