LANCING DEVICE COMPRISING A TORSIONAL SPRING

• US 20100145227A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 06/10/2010
• 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:
  US12/529,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20100145227A1
• 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 5/150519 Details of construction of hub, i.e. element used to attach the single-ended needle to a piercing device or sampling device
• 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, and a manual actuating element for releasing a displacement movement of the needle, wherein a control curve section and a torsional spring that engages in the control curve section are arranged in a needle holding element, which at least partially encompasses the needle, in order to transform a radial movement of ends of the torsional spring into a translational displacement movement of the needle.

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, a needle holder which at least partially encompasses the needle, a manual actuator for releasing a displacement movement of the needle, a control curve section, and a torsional spring that engages in the control curve section, wherein the control curve section and the torsional spring are arranged with respect to the needle holder in order to transform a radial movement of first and second ends of the torsional spring into translational displacement movement of the needle.

2. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the needle holder is configured to be displaced together with the needle within the base body.

3. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the needle holder is arranged in a stationary manner in the base body and the needle can be displaced relative to the needle holder and the base body.

4. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein the translational displacement movement of the needle is coupled to a pivoting movement of the needle in the cutting direction.

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

the control curve section comprises a curved groove in the region of an end of the needle holder opposite the tip end of the needle;

the torsional spring has first and second ends; and

the first end of the torsional spring is configured to slide in the curved groove of the control curve section and the second end of the torsional spring is connected in a substantially stationary manner to the base body.

6. The lancing device according to claim 5, wherein the curved groove of the control curve section comprises a first region configured to allow an arresting of the first end of the torsional spring, and a second region configured with a substantially arc-shaped profile.

7. The lancing device according to claim 6, wherein the first region of the curved groove of the control curve section is connected to a guide groove section which runs substantially perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the needle holder.

8. The lancing device according to claim 6, wherein the substantially arc-shaped profile has a maximum point oriented towards the end of the needle holder opposite the tip end of the needle.

9. The lancing device according to claim 6, wherein the substantially arc-shaped profile has a maximum point oriented towards the tip end of the needle within the needle holder.

10. The lancing device according to claim 6, wherein the manual actuator is pivotally connected to the base body and further comprises a release lever configured to move the first end of the torsional spring from its arrested position in the first region of the control curve section.

11. The lancing device according to claim 2, wherein the first end of the torsional spring engages in a groove which runs substantially perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the needle holder and which is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the base body.

12. The lancing device according to claim 1, wherein

the base body is composed of first and second housing members;

and

holder and the torsional spring are arranged substantially on the first member.

13. The lancing device according to claim 12, wherein the first housing member is movably attached to the second housing member and configured to be displaced relative to the second housing member in a latching manner.

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

a base body;

at least one needle having a tip end and configured within the base body to extend outwards with the tip end;

a needle holder at least partially encompassing the needle;

a manual actuator movable connected to the base body and configured to release a displacement movement of the needle and the needle holder relative to the base body;

a control curve section; and

a torsional spring configured to engage the control curve section, wherein the control curve section and the torsional spring are arranged with respect to the needle holder in order to transform a radial movement of ends of the torsional spring into displacement movement of the needle.

15. The lancing device according to claim 14, wherein the displacement movement of the needle is coupled to a pivoting movement of the needle in the cutting direction.

16. The lancing device according to claim 14, wherein:

the control curve section comprises a curved groove in the region of an end of the needle holder opposite the tip end of the needle; and

the first end of the torsional spring is configured to slide in the curved groove of the control curve section which is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the base body.

17. The lancing device according to claim 16, wherein the curved groove of the control curve section comprises a first region configured to allow an arresting of the first end of the torsional spring and a second region configured with a substantially arc-shaped profile.

18. The lancing device according to claim 17, wherein the first region of the curved groove of the control curve section is connected to a guide groove section which runs substantially perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the needle holder.

19. The lancing device according to claim 17, wherein the manual actuator is pivotally connected to the base body and further comprises a release lever configured to move the first end of the torsional spring from its arrested position in the first region of the control curve section.

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

a base body;

at least one needle having a tip end and configured within the base body to extend outwards with the tip end;

a needle holder arranged in a stationary manner in the base body and at least partially encompassing the needle;

a manual actuator movable connected to the base body and configured to release a displacement movement of the needle relative to the needle holder and the base body;

a control curve section; and

a torsional spring configured to engage the control curve section, wherein the control curve section and the torsional spring are arranged with respect to the needle holder in order to transform a radial movement of ends of the torsional spring into translational displacement movement of the needle.

21. The lancing device according to claim 20, wherein the displacement movement of the needle is coupled to a pivoting movement of the needle in the cutting direction.

22. The lancing device according to claim 20, wherein:

the control curve section comprises a curved groove in the region of an end of the needle holder opposite the tip end of the needle; and

the first end of the torsional spring is configured to slide in the curved groove of the control curve section which is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the base body.

23. The lancing device according to claim 22, wherein the curved groove of the control curve section comprises a first region configured to allow an arresting of the first end of the torsional spring and a second region configured with a substantially arc-shaped profile.

24. The lancing device according to claim 23, wherein the first region of the curved groove of the control curve section is connected to a guide groove section which runs substantially perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the needle holder.

25. The lancing device according to claim 23, wherein the manual actuator is pivotally connected to the base body and further comprises a release lever configured to move the first end of the torsional spring from its arrested position in the first region of the control curve section.