Rapid, simple and humane method of bleeding mice
First Claim
1. An individually wrapped, disposable sterilized lancet wherein use of said sterilized lancet optimizes the humane collection of blood from the cheek-pouch location of small animals and wherein said lancet is a hand-held, disposable, elongated metal, generally flat lancet, having a handle portion at one end and a flat V-shaped point at its other end, said flat point of said lance having a length in the range of 4.0 to 6.0 mm, said lancet having an overall length in the range of 20-60 mm, said lancet having an overall width in the range of 2.0 to 15.0 mm, and said lancet most desirably provided with a set of raised knurls along the handle portion to aid in manipulating the device, the thickness of said lancet, excluding said raised knurls, being ideally in the range of 0.076 mm to 0.381 mm.
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Abstract
A method and article for obtaining blood samples from a small animal wherein a disposable lancet device is used to optimize the humane collection of blood from the cheek-pouch of said small animal. The lancet device is a hand-held, generally flat lancet, having a handle portion at one end and a flat V-shaped point at its other end; the flat point has a length in the range of 4.0 to 6.0 mm.
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14 Claims
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1. An individually wrapped, disposable sterilized lancet wherein use of said sterilized lancet optimizes the humane collection of blood from the cheek-pouch location of small animals and wherein said lancet is a hand-held, disposable, elongated metal, generally flat lancet, having a handle portion at one end and a flat V-shaped point at its other end, said flat point of said lance having a length in the range of 4.0 to 6.0 mm, said lancet having an overall length in the range of 20-60 mm, said lancet having an overall width in the range of 2.0 to 15.0 mm, and said lancet most desirably provided with a set of raised knurls along the handle portion to aid in manipulating the device, the thickness of said lancet, excluding said raised knurls, being ideally in the range of 0.076 mm to 0.381 mm.
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- 5. A hand-held, disposable, elongated, metal, generally flat lancet, having a handle portion at one end and a flat V-shaped point at its other end, said flat point of said lancet having a length in the range of 4.0 to 6.0 mm, said lancet having an overall length ranging from 20 mm to 60 mm, a width ranging from 2.0 to 15.0 mm, and a thickness ranging from 0.076 mm to 0.381 mm.
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