Lancet Assembly and Pricking Device
First Claim
1. A pricking device comprising a lancet assembly and an injector;
- wherein the lancet assembly comprising a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet, wherein the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component in which the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal, the pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap, and the lancet cap and the lancet body are integrally connected together by a bridging component;
wherein the injector used in combination with the lancet assembly is capable of launching the pricking component, the injector comprising a plunger that is capable of engaging with the rear end portion of the lancet body, and thus capable of launching the lancet body in the pricking direction;
a lancet cap removing part that is capable of making contact with the lancet cap; and
a trigger lever that is pressed to launch the pricking component, wherein the lancet assembly can be loaded into the injector by inserting the lancet holder into the injector through a front end opening of the injector;
wherein the lancet holder has a notched portion formed on an edge of the opening end thereof, whereas a plate spring component made of metal is provided on the inner wall of an injector housing at the front side of the injector,the one end of the plate spring component is attached to the inner wall of the injector housing, whereas the other end of the plate spring component is a free end with a hook-shaped portion formed in the tip region thereof, andwhen the spent lancet assembly whose lancet body has been launched in the pricking direction is inserted through the front end opening of the injector, the notched portion of the lancet holder engages with the hook-shaped portion of the plate spring component, and thereby a further insertion of the lancet holder into the injector is prevented.
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Abstract
There is provided the pricking device that allows it to load the unspent lancet assembly into the injector, and that inhibits loading of the unspent lancet assembly into the injector. The pricking device has the notched portion formed on the edge of the opening end of the lancet holder, and the plate spring component is provided on the inner wall of the housing of the injector. One end of the plate spring component is secured to the injector housing, whereas the other end of plate spring component is free end, and the tip end portion of the free end being provided with the hook-shaped portion. In the spent lancet assembly, the notched portion engages with the hook-shaped portion so that the loading becomes impossible. In the unspent lancet assembly in which the lancet body is secured to the lancet holder such that the protrusion of the lancet body is located rearward with respect to the notched portion, the protrusion serves to expand the free end outwardly so that the notched portion does not engage with the hook-shaped portion. As a result, the unspent lancet assembly can be inserted into the injector.
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Citations
27 Claims
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1. A pricking device comprising a lancet assembly and an injector;
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wherein the lancet assembly comprising a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet, wherein the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component in which the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal, the pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap, and the lancet cap and the lancet body are integrally connected together by a bridging component; wherein the injector used in combination with the lancet assembly is capable of launching the pricking component, the injector comprising a plunger that is capable of engaging with the rear end portion of the lancet body, and thus capable of launching the lancet body in the pricking direction;
a lancet cap removing part that is capable of making contact with the lancet cap; and
a trigger lever that is pressed to launch the pricking component, wherein the lancet assembly can be loaded into the injector by inserting the lancet holder into the injector through a front end opening of the injector;wherein the lancet holder has a notched portion formed on an edge of the opening end thereof, whereas a plate spring component made of metal is provided on the inner wall of an injector housing at the front side of the injector, the one end of the plate spring component is attached to the inner wall of the injector housing, whereas the other end of the plate spring component is a free end with a hook-shaped portion formed in the tip region thereof, and when the spent lancet assembly whose lancet body has been launched in the pricking direction is inserted through the front end opening of the injector, the notched portion of the lancet holder engages with the hook-shaped portion of the plate spring component, and thereby a further insertion of the lancet holder into the injector is prevented. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A pricking device comprising a lancet assembly and an injector;
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wherein the lancet assembly comprising a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet wherein the lancet holder has a locking protrusion on its outer wall surface such that it is located adjacent to an opening end thereof, the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component in which the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal, the pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap, and the lancet cap and the lancet body are integrally connected together by a bridging component; wherein the injector used in combination with the lancet assembly is capable of launching the pricking component, wherein the injector comprises a plunger that is capable of engaging with the rear end portion of the lancet body, and thus capable of launching the lancet body with the pricking component in the pricking direction;
a lancet cap removing part that is capable of making contact with the lancet cap; and
a trigger lever that is pressed to launch the pricking component, a holder locking component provided on the inner wall of an injector housing at the front side of the injector, and provided with a stopper A which protrudes from a surface S thereof toward the inside of the injector, wherein the lancet assembly can be loaded into the injector by inserting the lancet holder into the injector through a front end opening of the injector;wherein a front end of the holder locking component is pivoted on the inner wall surface of the injector housing whereas a rear end of the holder locking component is a free end; a spring is provided between the holder locking component and a side wall surface of the injector housing so that a inward force toward the inside of the injector is exerted on the holder locking component; when the lancet assembly is inserted through the front end opening of the injector, the locking protrusion of the lancet holder slides on the holder locking component and then the locking protrusion rides over the stopper A, and thereby the locking protrusion and the stopper A can make contact with each other so that the inserted lancet holder does not come off the injector. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A lancet assembly comprising a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet, wherein
the lancet comprises a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component in which the lancet body and the lancet cap are made of resin and the pricking component is made of metal, the pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, the tip of the pricking component is covered with the lancet cap, and the lancet cap and the lancet body are integrally connected together by a bridging component; -
when the lancet cap is pressed in the pricking direction with the lancet body attached to the lancet holder, the bridging component is broken so that the lancet cap is separated from the lancet body, and thereby the tip of the pricking component is exposed while the pricking component remains situated in the lancet body; when the separated lancet cap is pressed further in the pricking direction, the separated lancet cap moves to a position that is off the pricking pathway of the pricking component; wherein the lancet holder has two securing bosses formed within a securing groove formed on the inner wall thereof whereas the lancet body has a securing protrusion that slots into the securing grooves; the lancet body is secured to the lancet holder by locating one securing protrusion between the two securing bosses; wherein the lancet holder has a guide on its inner wall, and the lancet body has a guided protrusion; and when a contact between the bosses and the securing protrusion ceases by pressing the lancet body, the guided protrusion can move along the guide so that the lancet body is guided along the pricking direction. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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