LANCET DEVICE
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Abstract
A lancet device for obtaining a blood sample from a finger or at an alternate site of a patient. The lancet device includes a body and a lancet, the lancet being movable between a retracted position in which the lancet tip is disposed within the body and an extended position in which the lancet tip extends beyond the body. The device is cocked by compressing a U-shaped spring steel accessible on opposite sides of the body, the U-shaped spring steel being coupled to the lancet. Once cocked, a pawl retains the U-shaped spring steel in a compressed state. The device is fired by contacting the patient where sampling is to occur with one end of an actuator, the opposite end of the actuator serving to release the pawl from the U-shaped spring steel.
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33 Claims
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A lancet device comprising:
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(a) a body defining an interior space, said body comprising an open top end and at least one side opening; (b) a spring mounted within said interior space and being transformable between a cocked state of comparatively greater compression and an uncocked state of comparatively lesser compression, said spring being manually accessible for compression through said at least one side opening; (c) a lancet having a lancet tip, said lancet being coupled to said spring for movement between a retracted position wherein said lancet tip is positioned below said open top end of said body and an extended position wherein said lancet tip is positioned above said open top end of said body, said lancet being in said retracted position when said spring is in said cocked state and in said extended position when said spring is in said uncocked state; and (d) a releasable catch for retaining said spring in said cocked state, said releasable catch being actuated by compression of said spring, and an actuator engageable with said releasable catch for releasing said releasable catch. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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Specification