LANCING DEVICE FOR TAKING BLOOD, COMPRISING A LEG SPRING

• US 20100063418A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH (Gerresheimer AG)
• Original Assignee: Gerresheimer Wilden GmbH (Gerresheimer AG)
• Inventors: Wessel, Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/529,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20100063418A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/583
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• 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 5/150465 Specific design of proximal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150511 Details of construction of shaft
• 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 5/150885 Preventing re-use
• 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 5/15128 comprising 2D- or 3D-shaped elements, e.g. cams, curved guide rails or threads comprising tooth-shaped elements A61B5/15132
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15144 comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for retracting the piercing unit into the housing

Abstract

A lancing device for taking blood for medical examinations, comprising a base body, at least one needle which is arranged therein and which can be extended outwards with a tip end, having a needle holding element which at least partially encompasses the needle, and a manual actuating element for releasing a movement of the needle together with the needle holding element relative to the base body, wherein the needle is spring-loaded and wherein at least one leg spring, the first end of which is attached to the base body, and by means of the second end of which the needle holding element can be moved along a predefined control curve section during a pressure release of the leg spring.

Claims

1. A lancing device for taking blood for medical examinations, comprising a base body, at least one needle which is arranged therein and which can be extended outwards with a tip end, having a needle holder which at least partially encompasses the needle, and a manual actuator for releasing a movement of the needle together with the needle holder relative to the base body, wherein the needle is spring-loaded, wherein one leg spring is provided, the first end of which is attached to the base body and the second end of which is configured to move the needle holder along a predefined control curve section during a pressure release of the leg spring.

2. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section is arranged as a curved slot in a pivot mounted relative to the base body, and connected to the second end of the leg spring.

3. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the needle holder comprises a guide cam configured to engage in the slot of the pivot.

4. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the pivot comprises a latching hook for latching into a protrusion of complementary shape arranged on the base body, wherein the latching hook is configured to be released upon movement of the manual actuator.

5. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section comprises a curved groove on an inner wall of the base body and a cam on the needle holder configured to engage in the groove on the inner wall of the base body.

6. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the needle holder comprises a pivot member having a first end is connected in a pivotable manner to the needle holder and a second end connected in a pivotable manner to the base body, wherein the pivot member carries out a pivoting movement during a forward and backward displacement movement of the needle holder.

7. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the manual actuator is arranged at an upper end of the needle holder located opposite the tip end of the needle and configured to be arrested in the base body.

8. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein:

an inner wall of the base body comprises a longitudinal groove for receiving a longitudinal guide cam of the needle holder; and

the longitudinal groove extends in a straight line in a tip end region of the needle on the inner wall along the longitudinal axis of the base body.

9. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section is oriented in such a way that its ends are oriented towards an upper side of the base body in a manner pointing away from the tip end of the needle.

10. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the leg spring comprises a rotation axle arranged to run perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base body in the region of a lower side of the base body in which the tip end of the needle is located.

11. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the leg spring comprises a rotation axle arranged to run perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base body, which is oriented in the lancing direction, in the region of an upper side of the base body.

12. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section comprises a curved groove on the needle holder and a cam on an inner wall of the base body configured to engage in the groove on the needle holder.

13. A lancing device for taking blood for medical examinations, comprising:

a base body;

at least one needle having a tip end, the needle movably attached within the base body and configured such that the tip end may extend outwards from the base body;

a needle holder which at least partially encompasses the needle;

a manual actuator for releasing a movement of the needle together with the needle holder relative to the base body; and

a leg spring having first and second ends, wherein the first end is attached to the base body and the second end is configured to move the needle holder along a predefined control curve section during a pressure release of the leg spring.

14. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the control curve section comprises a pivot connected to the second end of the leg spring configured to move relative to the base body, the pivot having a curved slot; and

the needle holder comprises a guide cam that engages the curved slot of the pivot.

15. The lancing device of claim 14, wherein:

the base body has a latching protrusion; and

the pivot has a latching hook configured to latch into the latching protrusion of the base body and movably connected to the manual actuator, wherein the latching hook is releasable from the latching protrusion upon movement of the manual actuator.

16. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the control curve section comprises a curved groove on an inner wall of the base body; and

the needle holder comprises a guide cam configured to engage the curved groove on the inner wall of the base body.

17. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the control curve section comprises a curved groove on the needle holder; and

the base body comprises a guide cam configures to engage the curved groove on the needle holder.

18. The lancing device of claim 13, further comprising a pivot having a first end movably connected to the needle holder a second end movably connected to the base body, wherein the pivot is configured to move during a forward and backward displacement movement of the needle holder.

19. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the needle holder has a lower end proximate the tip end of the needle and an upper end opposite the lower end; and

the manual actuator is arranged at the upper end of the needle holder and configured to be arrested in the base body.

20. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the needle holder comprises a longitudinal guide cam; and

the base body comprises a longitudinal groove on an inner wall of the base body configured to receive the longitudinal guide cam, wherein the longitudinal groove extends in a substantially straight line in the tip end region of the needle on the inner wall along the longitudinal axis of the base body.

21. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein the control curve section is configured with a curve having first and second ends oriented substantially pointing away from the tip end of the needle.

22. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the base body comprises upper and lower sides; and

the leg spring comprises a rotation axle configured to run substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base body in the region of the lower side of the base body.

23. The lancing device of claim 13, wherein:

the base body comprises upper and lower sides; and

the leg spring comprises a rotation axle configured to run substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base body in the region of the upper side of the base body.