Lancet device
First Claim
1. A lancet device comprising:
- a lancet, said lancet including a body portion and a piercing tip extending from said body portion,a primary housing,a cover assembly structured to be matingly coupled with said primary housing so as to define an interior chamber,said cover assembly including a piercing opening,a lancet receiving assembly movably disposed within said interior chamber and structured and disposed to at least temporarily hold said lancet,said lancet receiving assembly being moveable between a cocked orientation and a fired orientation, with movement of said lancet receiving assembly from said cocked orientation to said fired orientation resulting in driven movement of said lancet at least temporarily into a piercing orientation wherein said piercing tip of said lancet protrudes through said piercing opening of said cover assembly,said lancet receiving assembly further including a retention member,an engagement hub disposed in said interior chamber and structured to be cooperatively engaged with said retention member at least upon said lancet receiving assembly being disposed in said cocked orientation so as to maintain said lancet receiving assembly in said cocked orientation until said retention member is affirmatively released from said cooperative engagement therewith,an actuation assembly, said actuation assembly being exteriorly actuatable and being structured and disposed to release said retention member from said cooperative engagement with said engagement hub,said retention member including at least one generally elongate finger, said elongate finger including an inwardly depending protrusion structured to engage cooperative structure on said engagement hub when said lancet receiving assembly is disposed in said cocked orientation, andsaid actuation assembly being structured to extend at least partially into said interior chamber upon actuation thereof so as to at least temporarily urge said elongate finger out of said engagement with said cooperative structure on said engagement hub.
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Abstract
A lancet device used to pierce a user'"'"'s skin and including a lancet with a body portion and a piercing tip, a primary housing, a cover assembly with a piercing opening and structured to be matingly coupled with the primary housing to define an interior chamber, and a lancet receiving assembly movably disposed within the interior chamber and structured and disposed to hold the lancet during its driven movement between a cocked orientation, a piercing orientation and a fired orientation. The lancet device further includes a retention member including a pair of elongate fingers, and an engagement hub disposed in the interior chamber and structured to be cooperatively engaged by inwardly depending protrusions on the elongate fingers when the lancet receiving assembly is in the cocked orientation so as to maintain the lancet receiving assembly in the cocked orientation until the retention member is affirmatively released from its cooperative engagement with the engagement hub by an exteriorly actuatable actuation assembly which urges the elongate fingers out of their engagement with cooperative structure on the engagement hub.
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23 Claims
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1. A lancet device comprising:
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a lancet, said lancet including a body portion and a piercing tip extending from said body portion, a primary housing, a cover assembly structured to be matingly coupled with said primary housing so as to define an interior chamber, said cover assembly including a piercing opening, a lancet receiving assembly movably disposed within said interior chamber and structured and disposed to at least temporarily hold said lancet, said lancet receiving assembly being moveable between a cocked orientation and a fired orientation, with movement of said lancet receiving assembly from said cocked orientation to said fired orientation resulting in driven movement of said lancet at least temporarily into a piercing orientation wherein said piercing tip of said lancet protrudes through said piercing opening of said cover assembly, said lancet receiving assembly further including a retention member, an engagement hub disposed in said interior chamber and structured to be cooperatively engaged with said retention member at least upon said lancet receiving assembly being disposed in said cocked orientation so as to maintain said lancet receiving assembly in said cocked orientation until said retention member is affirmatively released from said cooperative engagement therewith, an actuation assembly, said actuation assembly being exteriorly actuatable and being structured and disposed to release said retention member from said cooperative engagement with said engagement hub, said retention member including at least one generally elongate finger, said elongate finger including an inwardly depending protrusion structured to engage cooperative structure on said engagement hub when said lancet receiving assembly is disposed in said cocked orientation, and said actuation assembly being structured to extend at least partially into said interior chamber upon actuation thereof so as to at least temporarily urge said elongate finger out of said engagement with said cooperative structure on said engagement hub. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A lancet device comprising:
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a lancet, said lancet including a body portion and a piercing tip extending from said body portion, a primary housing, a cover assembly structured to be matingly coupled with said primary housing so as to define an interior chamber, said cover including a piercing opening, a lancet receiving assembly movably disposed within said interior chamber and structured and disposed to at least temporarily hold said lancet, said lancet receiving assembly including a cocked orientation and a fired orientation, movement of said lancet receiving assembly from said cocked orientation to said fired orientation resulting in driven movement of said lancet at least temporarily into a piercing orientation wherein said piercing tip of said lancet protrudes through said piercing opening of said cover assembly, said lancet receiving assembly further including a retention member, an engagement hub disposed in said interior chamber and structured to be cooperatively engaged with said retention member at least upon said lancet receiving assembly being disposed in said cocked orientation so as to maintain said lancet receiving assembly in said cocked orientation until said retention member is affirmatively released from said cooperative engagement therewith, an actuation assembly, said actuation assembly including an exteriorly actuatable actuation head and being structured and disposed to release said retention member from said cooperative engagement with said engagement hub, a cocking assembly structured to extend into said primary housing through a base thereof and move said lancet receiving assembly into said cocked orientation, said cocking assembly including an exterior head which is normally disposed in generally adjacent relation with said base of said primary housing unless pulled into spaced apart relation from said housing in order to withdraw said cocking assembly from said primary housing and urge said lancet receiving assembly into said cocked orientation, and said exterior head of said cocking assembly being disposed in generally surrounding relation to said actuation head of said actuation assembly, said actuation assembly being structured and disposed to protrude said actuation head from said exterior head of said cocking assembly upon said lancet receiving assembly being disposed in said cocked orientation, and to generally conceal said actuation head at least even with a plane of said exterior head of said cocking assembly when said lancet receiving assembly is disposed in said fired orientation, thereby providing a tactile indication that said lancet receiving assembly is disposed in said cocked orientation.
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