CARTRIDGE

• US 20140358034A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Richter, Frank, MacArthur, Ross, Wolseley-Hext, Elizabeth Verity, Cowan, Joseph David, Smith, Lee Thomas, Mills, David John
• Application Number:
  US14/369,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358034A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/575
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150061 Means for enhancing collection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150068 by tissue compression, e.g. with specially designed surface of device contacting the skin area to be pierced
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150175 Adjustment of penetration depth
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150435 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 5/150526 Curved or bent needles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150778 having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes
• 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 5/15153 Multiple piercing elements stocked in a single compartment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15155 Piercing elements which are specially shaped or are provided with fittings or attachments to facilitate nesting, stacking or joining together end-to-end or side-by-side
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15174 Piercing elements stocked in the form of a stack or pile

Abstract

A cartridge comprises plural blood testing discs, each blood testing disc including a lancet and a blood collection and testing part. Each of the discs has a generally circular shape with a cutout at one side thereof. The lancet of each disc is supported at the periphery of the disc at a location that does not coincide with the cutout. The cartridge includes a side face having an aperture formed therein. The discs are supported in a rotatable manner on a common longitudinal axis. In a non-operational condition, the cutouts of the discs are located in a close proximity to and facing the side face of the cartridge and in an operational condition a disc that is coincident with the aperture is permitted to rotate on the longitudinal axis such that the part of the disc on which the lancet is supported passes through the aperture to allow lancing.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A cartridge comprising:

plural blood testing discs, each blood testing disc including a lancet and a blood collection and testing part,

wherein;

each of the discs has a generally circular shape with a cutout at one side thereof;

the lancet of each disc is supported at the periphery of the disc at a location that does not coincide with the cutout;

the cartridge includes a side face having an aperture formed therein;

the discs are supported in a rotatable manner on a common longitudinal axis;

in a non-operational condition, the cutouts of the discs are located in a close proximity to and facing the side face of the cartridge; and

in an operational condition a disc that is coincident with the aperture is permitted to rotate on the longitudinal axis such that the part of the disc on which the lancet is supported passes through the aperture to allow lancing.

12. A cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the discs comprises a milking feature located on the periphery of the disc at a location that does not coincide with the cutout.

13. A cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the discs comprises a blood collection feature located on the periphery of the disc at a location that does not coincide with the cutout.

14. A cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cutout intersects the circumference of the disc at two points that are separated by a radial angle that is between 40 and 80 degrees.

15. A cartridge as claimed in claim 14, wherein the cutout intersects the circumference of the disc at two points that are separated by a radial angle that is between 50 and 75 degrees.

16. A cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cutout intersects the circumference of the disc at two points that are separated by a radial angle that is between 55 and 70 degrees.

17. A cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cutout is formed by a substantially straight line intersecting the circumference of the disc.

18. A cartridge as claimed in claim 11, wherein the disc is translatable along a radial axis of the cartridge.

19. A cartridge as claimed in claim 18, wherein the lancet is located opposite to the cutout and wherein the cartridge includes a second aperture, opposite to the first aperture, to allow an actuator to enter within the cartridge and apply a force to the cutout part of the disc when the lancet is facing the second aperture.

20. A meter comprising a housing with an aperture and a cartridge according to claim 11, wherein the aperture of the housing is aligned with the aperture of the cartridge.