Integral lancet and package

• US 3,358,689 A
• Filed: 06/09/1964
• Issued: 12/19/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: John M. Higgins
• Inventors: Higgins, John L.
• Application Number:
  US04/373,775
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• US Class Current: 606/181
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150259 Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150297 for piercing devices, i.e. devices ready to be used for lancing or piercing for piercing elements A61B5/150282, for driving devices A61B5/15029
• 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 5/150564 Protectors removed by pulling or pushing
• 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 5/15105 Purely manual piercing, i.e. the user pierces the skin without the assistance of any driving means or driving devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15142 Devices intended for single use, i.e. disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/3001 for sharps
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/14122 using fixed mould wall projections for centering the insert
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14065 Positioning or centering articles in the mould

Claims

1. A MEDICAL LANCET UNIT WHICH COMPRISES:

A MOLDED LANCET RETAINING MEMBER HAVING A MAIN BODY SECTION ADAPTED TO BE HELD BETWEEN THE FINGERS OF AN OPERATOR AND A LANCET MEMBER HAVING A SOLID STERILE POINTED END SECTION FIXEDLY MOUNTED IN SAID RETIANING MEMBER WITH SAID STERILE POINTED END SECTION EXTENDING BEYOND THE END OF SAID MAIN BODY SECTION AND HAVING A SOLID CAP SECTION MOLDED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID MAIN BODY SECTION AND SEALABLY EMBEDDING AND ENCLOSING SAID STERILE POINTED END SECTION IN THE MATERIAL THEREOF TO PREVENT BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION, AND SAID CAP SECTION BEING SEALABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID MAIN BODY SECTION BY A FRANGIBLE SECTION WHICH IS READILY SEVERABLE TO EFFECT SEPARATION OF SAID CAP SECTION FROM SAID BODY SECTION FOR EXPOSING SAID STERILE POINTED END SECTION IMMEDIATELY BEFORE USING SAID LANCET.