Lancet assembly
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Abstract
A lancet assembly is disclosed which eliminates the need for removing a resin cover that covers a pricking element. When a lancet structure 200 is inserted into a lancet holder 100, a force is applied so as to separate a lancet cover 214, that encloses a distal end 232 of a pricking element 220, from a lancet body 216 so that the distal end of the pricking element which has been enclosed by the lancet cover is exposed in the lancet holder, and the opening of the lancet holder is positioned in front of the distal end of the pricking element. The lancet structure has a trigger 300 which launches the pricking element of which the distal end is exposed, when the lancet structure is continually pushed into the lancet holder.
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62 Claims
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1-34. -34. (canceled)
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35. A lancet assembly comprising a lancet structure and a lancet holder which holds the lancet structure, wherein
the lancet structure is constituted from an ejector and a lancet; -
the ejector comprises a trigger, an arm, a spring and a base to which the trigger, the arm and the spring are attached, and the spring has a connector provided on a front end thereof and is connected to the base at a rear end thereof;
the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cover and a pricking element which is present within the lancet body and the lancet cover while straddling across them, and a distal end of the pricking element is enclosed by the lancet cover;
the lancet body is connected to the connector;
the lancet holder has, at a front end thereof, an opening through which the distal end of the pricking element passes; and
when the lancet structure is inserted into the lancet holder and the base is moved toward the connector so as to compress the spring with the connector being engaged with the lancet holder, the lancet cover is separated from the pricking element and the distal end of the pricking element which has been enclosed is exposed, and when keeping the base further moving thereafter, the trigger disengages the engaged connector. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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