Lancet depth adjustment assembly
First Claim
1. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
- a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access, said piercing access including at least one opening structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough; and
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and
said piercing access extending at least partially along a length of said depth adjustment element so as to permit the passage of the piercing tip therethrough when said depth adjustment element is disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture in at least two distinct piercing locations.
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Abstract
A lancet depth adjustment assembly structured to be used use with a lancet device of the type including a lancet disposed movably within a housing so as to pass into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing. The lancet depth adjustment assembly includes a depth adjustment element movably secured in overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing and having a piercing access including one or more openings structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough. The depth adjustment element is structured to be interposed between a finger of a patient and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing therebetween, and accordingly define a depth to which the piercing tip, which protrudes a defined amount from the housing, penetrates the body part. Furthermore, the depth adjustment element is constructed of a varying thickness so as to vary the spacing between the body part and the piercing aperture in accordance with a thickness of a portion of the depth adjustment element disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture at a time of operation of the lancet device.
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15 Claims
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1. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
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a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access, said piercing access including at least one opening structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough; and
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and
said piercing access extending at least partially along a length of said depth adjustment element so as to permit the passage of the piercing tip therethrough when said depth adjustment element is disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture in at least two distinct piercing locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
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a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough;
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and
said depth adjustment element including an at least partially stepped configuration structured to selectively maintain said spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture.
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