Lancet system
First Claim
1. A system for storing and providing lancets for collecting body fluids comprisingi) a plurality of longitudinal, essentially needle-shaped lancets, each lancet having a tip;
- ii) a storage area to store the lancets laterally adjacent to each other;
iii) a withdrawal area to guide at least the tip of one lancet out of the system during a lancing process;
iv) a transport unit for transporting the lancets from the storage area into the withdrawal area, v) a drive unit including a drive element for moving a lancet in the withdrawal area from a resting position to a lancing position during the lancing process; and
vi) a retraction device separate from the drive unit and the transport unit, the retraction device being located in the withdrawal area for interaction with each lancet when located in the withdrawal area for automatically moving the lancet after completion of the lancing process from the lancing position back into the resting position.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a lancet system comprising a plurality of essentially needle-shaped lancets, a drive unit which has a drive element which is moved from a resting position into a lancing position in order to carry out a lancing process, a storage area to store the lancets, a withdrawal area to guide at least the tip of the lancet out of the system during the lancing process and a transport unit which can transport lancets from the storage area into the withdrawal area, wherein the drive element is arranged in such a manner that in the withdrawal area it can act on the lancet located there to carry out a lancing process and thus move the lancet from a resting position into a lancing position and wherein the system has a retraction device in the withdrawal area which can interact with the lancet located in the withdrawal area in order to move the lancet after completion of the lancing process from the lancing position into the resting position and it concerns a lancet magazine adapted to the system, a corresponding lancing device and a working process for the system.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for storing and providing lancets for collecting body fluids comprising
i) a plurality of longitudinal, essentially needle-shaped lancets, each lancet having a tip; -
ii) a storage area to store the lancets laterally adjacent to each other;
iii) a withdrawal area to guide at least the tip of one lancet out of the system during a lancing process;
iv) a transport unit for transporting the lancets from the storage area into the withdrawal area, v) a drive unit including a drive element for moving a lancet in the withdrawal area from a resting position to a lancing position during the lancing process; and
vi) a retraction device separate from the drive unit and the transport unit, the retraction device being located in the withdrawal area for interaction with each lancet when located in the withdrawal area for automatically moving the lancet after completion of the lancing process from the lancing position back into the resting position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A process for temporarily driving the tip of an essentially needle-shaped lancet out of a system for storing and providing lancets, the system including a drive element-, a transfer mechanism for moving the lancets from a storage position, and a retraction device that is separate from the drive element and from the transfer mechanism, the process comprising the steps of:
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moving a lancet laterally from a storing position into a resting position, driving the drive element for its resting position towards the lancet located in the resting position thereby propelling the lancet longitudinally from its resting position until it reaches its lancing position, and subsequently automatically returning the lancet to its resting position with the aid of the separate retraction device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A lancet magazine for storing lancets comprising
a storage area for storing a plurality of longitudinal, essentially needle-shaped lancets, the lancets being stored laterally side-by-side; - and
a withdrawal area wherein at least a tip of a lancet may be extended out of the magazine during a lancing process; and
a transport unit to transport the lancets from the storage area into the withdrawal area;
the withdrawal area also including an area for receiving a drive element for driving a lancet in the withdrawal area out of the magazine during a lancing process; and
an area for receiving a retraction device separate from the transport unit and the drive element for interaction with any lancet located in the withdrawal area to automatically move the lancet from a lancing position back into a resting position after the lancing process has been completed.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A lancing device suitable for use in a system for storing and providing lancets comprising
i) a storage area to store the lancets; -
ii) a withdrawal area to guide at least a tip of each lancet out of the system during the lancing process;
iii) a transport unit to transport lancets from the storage area to a Testing position in the withdrawal area;
iv) a drive unit area having a drive element separate from the transport unit, the drive unit being movable to carry out a lancing process wherein a lancet in the withdrawal area moves from its resting position into a lancing position; and
v) a retraction device separate from the drive unit and the transport unit for interaction with any lancet located in the withdrawal area to automatically move the lancet, after completion of the lancing process, from its lancing position back into its resting position.
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