Lancet device

• US 20070161960A1
• Filed: 01/12/2006
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fu-Yuan Li
• Original Assignee: Fu-Yuan Li, Yen-Hui Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Tzer-Ming, Li, Fu-Yuan, Chen, Yen-Hui
• Application Number:
  US11/331,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20070161960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/187
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15019 Depth adjustment mechanism using movable stops located inside the piercing device housing and limiting the travel of the drive mechanism mechanisms using distal end caps A61B5/150183, mechanisms at the piercing element carrier proximal end A61B5/150198
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150412 Pointed piercing elements, e.g. needles, lancets for piercing the skin blade-like piercing elements A61B5/150442
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150519 Details of construction of hub, i.e. element used to attach the single-ended needle to a piercing device or sampling device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150549 Protectors removed by rotational movement, e.g. torsion or screwing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150618 Integrally moulded protectors, e.g. protectors simultaneously moulded together with a further component, e.g. a hub, of the piercing element
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150717 manually removed
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150916 by blocking components, e.g. piston, driving device or fluid passageway
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15113 Manually triggered, i.e. the triggering requires a deliberate action by the user such as pressing a drive button
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15117 comprising biased elements, resilient elements or a spring, e.g. a helical spring, leaf spring, or elastic strap
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1519 comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for propelling the piercing unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15194 fully automatically retracted, i.e. the retraction does not require a deliberate action by the user, e.g. by terminating the contact with the patient's skin

Abstract

A lancet device has a needle assembly and a needle carrier. The needle assembly has a casing, a needle hub, a retracting unit and a limit unit. The needle hub with a needle is mounted in the casing. The retracting unit and the limit unit connect to the needle hub to limit the needle hub to move. The lancet carrier has a housing, a pushing rod, a spring and a cap. The housing connects the needle assembly and has a pressing unit. The pushing rod is mounted in the housing and abuts with the needle hub after pushing the pressing unit to release the force of the spring so the needle protrudes from the needle assembly. After pressing the cap, the needle assembly releases from the needle carrier. Therefore, the new needle assembly can be mounted in the lancet carrier to prick again.

Claims

1. A needle assembly of lancet device comprising

a casing being cylindrical and hollow and comprising

an axle;

an outer surface;

an inner surface;

a front end;

a rear end;

a rear stop formed on the inner surface of the casing near the rear end;

a front stop formed on the inner surface of the casing between the rear end and the front end;

a neck formed near the front end; and

an opening defined in the front end;

a needle hub mounted in the casing and comprising

a top;

a bottom;

a front end;

a rear end; and

a needle mounted in and protruding coaxially from the front end;

a retracting unit formed on the top and the bottom of the needle hub; and

a limit unit formed on the needle hub.

2. The needle assembly of lancet device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the retracting unit comprises two resilient tabs formed respectively on the top and the bottom of the needle hub and extending toward the front end of the needle hub;

and

the limit unit comprises two resilient tabs formed respectively on the top and the bottom of the needle hub and extending toward the rear end of the needle hub.

3. The needle assembly of lancet device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the casing further comprises multiple circumference protrusions protruding on the outer surface of the casing and being vertical to the axle of the casing.

4. The needle assembly of lancet device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the casing further comprises two lateral notches defined in the front end, communicating with the opening and opposite to each other.

5. The needle assembly of lancet device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the needle assembly further comprises a needle cap comprising

a cylindrical body attached to the front end of the needle hub, covering the needle and having

a front end;

a rear end attached to the front end of the needle hub; and

an outer surface;

two longitudinal keys longitudinally formed on the outer surface of the body of the needle cap and opposite to each other; and

a tab formed on and extending from the front end of the cylindrical body of the needle cap.

6. A lancet device comprising

a needle assembly comprising

a casing being cylindrical and hollow and comprising

an axle;

an outer surface;

an inner surface;

a front end;

a rear end;

a rear stop formed on the inner surface of the casing near the rear end;

a front stop formed on the inner surface of the casing between the rear end and the front end;

a neck formed near the front end; and

an opening defined in the front end;

a needle hub mounted in the casing and comprising

a top;

a bottom;

a front end;

a rear end; and

a needle mounted in and protruding coaxially from the front end;

a retracting unit formed on the top and the bottom of the needle hub; and

a limit unit formed on the needle hub; and

a lancet carrier comprising

a housing comprising

a front end;

a rear end;

an inner surface;

an outer surface;

a circular groove formed in the inner surface near the front end of the housing to hold the protrusion of the needle assembly inside;

a circular protrusion formed on the inner surface of the housing;

a first half housing comprising

an inner surface;

an outer surface;

a slot formed in the inner surface of the first half housing; and

a stop tap formed on the inner surface of the first half housing, being vertical to the slot and having a through hole formed in a center of the stop tap;

a second half housing combined with the first housing to form the housing and comprising

an inner surface;

an outer surface;

a slot formed in the inner surface of the second half housing and corresponding to the slot in the first half housing; and

a stop tap formed on the inner surface of the second half housing, corresponding to the stop tap on the first half housing and having a through hole formed in a center of the stop tap and corresponding to the through hole in the stop tap on the first half housing;

a limit tab formed longitudinally on the inner surface of the first half housing;

a pressing unit mounted on and protruding from the outer surface of the second half housing and having a bottom;

a protrusion formed on the inner surface of the second half housing near the bottom of the pressing unit; and

two adjusting holes formed respectively through the outer surfaces of the first half housing and the second half housing;

a pushing rod slidably mounted in the housing and comprising

a front end;

a rear end extending through the through holes in the stop taps;

a front ring;

a rear ring;

a middle having

two ends formed respectively with the front ring and the rear ring;

a guide gaps formed longitudinally in the middle and corresponding to and holding the limit tab of the first half housing;

a protrusion formed on the rear ring; and

a resilient tab formed on the rear ring and extending toward the front ring;

a spring mounted around the pushing rod between the rear ring of the pushing rod and the stop taps;

a pushing tab slidably mounted in the slots in the first half housing and the second half housing and comprising

a front end contacting with the casing of the needle assembly;

a rear end;

a frame formed on the pushing tab and slidably held between the slots of the first half housing and the second half housing;

a resilient tab formed on the frame and having a free end; and

a pulling protrusion formed on the free end of the resilient tab and selectively engaging with the protrusion of the pushing rod;

an adjusting unit mounted in the housing and comprising

a circular hole formed through the adjusting unit and mounted around the pushing rod; and

two bars formed on the adjusting unit, opposite to each other and extending respectively out from the adjusting holes; and

a cap mounted on the rear end of the housing and abutting with the pushing tab.

7. The lancet device as claimed in claim 6, wherein

the pushing tab further comprises a curved tab formed on the front end;

the housing further comprises a circular protrusion formed on the inner surface of the housing; and

the curved tab abuts with the circular protrusion when the needle assembly inserted into the housing.

8. The lancet device as claimed in claim 7, wherein

the housing further comprises a recess formed around the outer surface of the housing and having a bottom, where the adjusting holes are defined in the bottom of the recess;

and

the collar is mounted in the recess to move the adjusting unit while the collar is rotated.

9. The lancet device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the collar further comprises two rings being mounted around the collar and one of the rings has markers to indicate the location of the adjusting unit.