Single use lancet assembly
DCFirst Claim
1. A single use lancet device comprising:
- a housing, said housing including an open interior and an access opening defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
a restrictor assembly structured to substantially prevent said lancet from moving completely into said cocked orientation after said lancet has moved at least temporarily into said piercing orientation.
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Abstract
A single use lancet device having a housing, with an open interior and an access opening defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip, and disposed in the open interior of the housing so as to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving assembly structured to move the lancet into the piercing orientation, and a restrictor assembly having a shoulder element and a restrictor panel operatively associated with the lancet and the housing and structured to pass over the restrictor panel upon the lancet moving from its cocked orientation to its piercing orientation, and to abut the restrictor panel upon attempted movement of the lancet back into its cocked orientation after movement into the piercing orientation, thereby preventing the lancet from moving back into the cocked orientation and preventing re-use of a contaminated piercing tip.
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25 Claims
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1. A single use lancet device comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an open interior and an access opening defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
a restrictor assembly structured to substantially prevent said lancet from moving completely into said cocked orientation after said lancet has moved at least temporarily into said piercing orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A single use lancet device comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an open interior and an access opening defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation;
a shoulder element and a restrictor panel operatively associated with said lancet and said housing, said shoulder element structured to pass over said restrictor panel upon said lancet moving from said cocked orientation to sail piercing orientation, and to abut said restrictor panel upon attempted movement of said lancet into said cocked orientation after movement into said piercing orientation so as to substantially prevent said lancet from moving completely into said cocked orientation after said lancet has moved at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
an actuation button structured to at least temporarily protrude from said housing when said lancet is disposed in said cocked orientation so as to maintain said lancet in said cocked orientation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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