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APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING A PERCUTANEOUS AND DIGITAL BLOOD SAMPLE

  • US 3,626,929 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1969
  • Issued: 12/14/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for obtaining a percutaneous and digital blood sample from a human finger in conjunction with a blood collector device comprising a tube in the mouth of which is fitted a resilient funnel member fitted with at least one incisor lancet directed towards the open end of the funnel member, said apparatus comprising a housing, a mounting in said housing, said mounting formed with a through passage in which a tube can be removably inserted, said through passage having a predetermined length and a top and bottom opening;

  • a striker mechanism mounted in said housing and having a releasable striking member facing the bottom opening of said through passage, means for releasing said striking member to propel it toward said bottom opening, said striker member adapted to strike, when released, the inner end portion of a tube, in said through passage, thereby to tend to propel a tube out of said through passage;

    a clamping means mounted on said housing and adapted to clamp a finger on said housing in line with said top opening of said through passage and means for periodically varying the clamping action of said clamping means whereby at least part of the tissues of a finger in said holder may alternately be constructed and released.

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