Lancet depth adjustment assembly
First Claim
1. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
- a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough; and
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and
said piercing access including an elongate channel extending at least partially along a length of said death adjustment element so as to permit the passage of the piercing tip therethrough when said death adjustment element is disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture.
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Abstract
A lancet depth adjustment assembly structured to be used use with a lancet device of the type including a lancet disposed movably within a housing so as to pass into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing. The lancet depth adjustment assembly includes a depth adjustment element movably secured in overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing and having a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough. The depth adjustment element is structured to be interposed between a finger of a patient and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing therebetween, and accordingly define a depth to which the piercing tip, which protrudes a defined amount from the housing, penetrates the body part. Furthermore, the depth adjustment element is constructed of a varying thickness so as to vary the spacing between the body part and the piercing aperture in accordance with a thickness of a portion of the depth adjustment element disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture at a time of operation of the lancet device.
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17 Claims
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1. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
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a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough; and
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and
said piercing access including an elongate channel extending at least partially along a length of said death adjustment element so as to permit the passage of the piercing tip therethrough when said death adjustment element is disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
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a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough;
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and
said depth adjustment element including an at least partially wedge shaped configuration structured to selectively maintain said spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture.
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17. For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising:
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a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing;
said depth adjustment element including a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough;
said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger;
said depth adjustment element including an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface structured to generally confront the housing and said exterior surface structured to engage the finger; and
said depth adjustment element structured to be movably secured to the housing so as to vary a portion of said exterior surface disposed generally at the piercing aperture, said different portions of said exterior surface being differently spaced from said piercing aperture when disposed in overlying relation to said piercing aperture so as to correspondingly vary said spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture.
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