LANCING DEVICE FOR TAKING BLOOD FOR MEDICAL TESTS

• US 20100087753A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• 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:
  US12/529,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20100087753A1
• 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 5/150503 Single-ended needles hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396, needle sets for catheters A61M25/06, needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150549 Protectors removed by rotational movement, e.g. torsion or screwing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150572 Pierceable protectors, e.g. shields, caps, sleeves or films, e.g. for hygienic purposes
• 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 5/15111 Semi-automatically triggered, e.g. at the end of the cocking procedure, for instance by biasing the main drive spring or when reaching sufficient contact pressure, the piercing device is automatically triggered without any deliberate action by the user
• 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 5/15144 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 arranged therein 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 displacement movement of the needle together with the needle holding element relative to the base body, wherein a movable plastic spring element for generating a pretension by means of the manual actuating element, which is connected to a control curve section that can be moved in the base body, is arranged in at least one component in the base body, wherein the needle holding element is connected to the control curve section and can automatically be moved in the forward and backward direction during a pressure release of the plastic spring element by travelling along the control curve section.

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 displacement movement of the needle together with the needle holder relative to the base body, wherein a movable plastic spring for generating a pretension of the manual actuator, which is connected to a control curve section that is configured to move within the base body, is in at least one component arranged in the base body, wherein the needle holder is connected to the control curve section and is configured to move in the forward and backward directions during a pressure release of the plastic spring by travelling along the control curve section.

2. The lancing device according to claim 1, comprising a tensioning curve section which is arranged on the component and runs at an angle to the direction of the displacement movement of the needle holder, which tensioning curve section is connected to the plastic spring, of arc-shaped design, and, during a displacement movement of the component relative to the base body, can be varied in terms of its course direction.

3. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the displacement movements of the outwardly moving holder and of the component have the same direction.

4. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the displacement movements of the outwardly moving needle holder and of the component run at an angle to one another.

5. The lancing device according to claim 16, wherein the protrusion has a triangular shape.

6. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the tensioning curve section has a free end which can automatically be guided into its starting position for the pressure release of the plastic spring.

7. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the component is formed in one piece together with the control curve section, the tensioning curve section and the plastic spring.

8. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the plastic spring is arranged on the manual actuator, which is movable relative to the component, and can be pretensioned against a pivoting element which comprises the control curve section and is mounted such that it can pivot relative to the component.

9. The lancing device according to claim 8, wherein the manual actuator has a release protrusion for displacing a retaining protrusion out of an arrested position.

10. The lancing device according to claim 1, further comprising a latching mechanism for latching the manual actuator in a predefined position.

11. The lancing device according to claim 8, wherein the component and the pivoting element are formed in one piece.

12. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the component and the manual actuator are formed in one piece.

13. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section has a profile identical or similar to a V-shape.

14. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section forms in its profile a web which is encompassed on both sides by the needle holder so as to slide along it in the web profile direction.

15. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section forms in its profile a groove-like depression in which there engages at least one protrusion arranged on the needle holder, so as to slide along therein in the depression profile direction.

16. The lancing device of claim 2, wherein the tensioning curve section connected to the plastic spring can be varied in terms of its course direction by sliding along a protrusion arranged on the base body during a displacement movement of the component relative to the base body.

17. The lancing device of claim 2, wherein the tensioning curve section connected to the plastic spring can be varied in terms of its course direction by sliding along a provided groove-like element during a displacement movement of the component relative to the base body.

18. The lancing device of claim 10, wherein the latching mechanism for latching the manual actuator in a predefined position is connectively associated with the manual actuator and the component.

19. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the tensioning curve section forms in its profile a groove-like depression in which there engages at least one protrusion arranged on the needle holder, so as to slide along therein in the depression profile direction.

20. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the plastic spring is moveable in at least one of a displacement or pivoting fashion.

21. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the control curve section is configured for movement in at least one of a displacement or pivoting fashion.