Blood lancet
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1. A relatively flat blood lancet, having a handle portion and a tip portion having sharp edges, which portions are made of plastic in one piece, comprising:
- a flat protective yoke-like guard integrally formed as a part of said one piece of plastic, and said protective yoke-like guard being attached at two weakened breakoff points to said handle only on opposite sides of said tip but free of any contact therewith, with said tip being received unobstructedly in a cutout-like recess form transversely of said protective yoke-like guard; and
said tip being spaced away so as to be free from said protective yoke-like guard, thereby leaving the sharp edges of said tip free and clear of any plastic material, and said two weakened breakoff attachment points of said protective yoke-like guard adapted to be broken off by bending said protective yoke-like guard in a direction perpendicular to a plane passing through said blood lancet.
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In a blood lancet consisting of a handle and a tip, which are injection molded in one piece of plastic, there is provided according to the invention a protective yoke which protects the tip against damage. The protective yoke (24) is integrally molded to the handle in one piece, leaving predetermined break points, so that it can be broken off. The tip of rhombic cross-section comprises a base which imparts mechanical stability and limits the pricking depth, and an offset fine pricking tip.
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1. A relatively flat blood lancet, having a handle portion and a tip portion having sharp edges, which portions are made of plastic in one piece, comprising:
a flat protective yoke-like guard integrally formed as a part of said one piece of plastic, and said protective yoke-like guard being attached at two weakened breakoff points to said handle only on opposite sides of said tip but free of any contact therewith, with said tip being received unobstructedly in a cutout-like recess form transversely of said protective yoke-like guard; and
said tip being spaced away so as to be free from said protective yoke-like guard, thereby leaving the sharp edges of said tip free and clear of any plastic material, and said two weakened breakoff attachment points of said protective yoke-like guard adapted to be broken off by bending said protective yoke-like guard in a direction perpendicular to a plane passing through said blood lancet.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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