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Lancet device

  • US 5,984,940 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1998
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A lancet device for lancing skin with a lancing needle of a lancet, said lancet device comprising:

  • a housing;

    a lancet holder within said housing engageable with said lancet;

    an assembly operatively coupled to said lancet holder, said assembly rotatable and axially moveable within said housing, said assembly having a first end engageable with said lancet when said lancet is engaged with said lancet holder, said assembly having a second end external to said housing, said assembly being configured such that turning said second end of said assembly causes said assembly to rotate within said housing thereby causing said lancet holder to move axially within said housing, said axial movement of said lancet holder in said housing adjusting a lancing depth of said lancing needle, and said assembly being configured such that pressing said second end of said assembly toward said housing causes said assembly to move axially within said housing and engage against said lancet thereby causing said lancet to disengage from said lancet holder.

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