Device for taking blood samples to tested, for example for the level of glucose contained therein
First Claim
1. A device for taking a blood sample to be tested and for tamping the discharge of blood from a part of a patient'"'"'s body which has been punctured, said puncture being made by a puncturing member (5), the tamping being effected by a tamping element (4), the device comprising a container (1) presenting at least one puncturing member (5) and a least one tamping element (4), said device enabling the patient to take the sample while having immediately available the tamping element (4) to immediately interrupt blood discharge in a manner safe from the medical viewpoint, the container (1) having separate chambers (2, 3) for containing respectively the puncturing member (5) and the tamping member (4), the container (1) comprising a body (10) in which the separate chambers (2, 3) are provided, said body being in one piece, the chambers (2, 3) being separated by a wall (54) formed by folding a punched sheet portion (50) which also defines a face (11) of the body (10) of the container (1).
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Abstract
A device for taking a blood sample to be tested, for example for the level of glucose contained therein, presents a container (1) containing at least one lancet (5) for puncturing a part of the patient'"'"'s body in order to cause blood to emerge, and at least one tamping element (4) to enable that point of the body from which the blood has emerged to be covered after the blood has been withdrawn, and to facilitate the coagulation and absorption of the residual blood at that point.
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- 1. A device for taking a blood sample to be tested and for tamping the discharge of blood from a part of a patient'"'"'s body which has been punctured, said puncture being made by a puncturing member (5), the tamping being effected by a tamping element (4), the device comprising a container (1) presenting at least one puncturing member (5) and a least one tamping element (4), said device enabling the patient to take the sample while having immediately available the tamping element (4) to immediately interrupt blood discharge in a manner safe from the medical viewpoint, the container (1) having separate chambers (2, 3) for containing respectively the puncturing member (5) and the tamping member (4), the container (1) comprising a body (10) in which the separate chambers (2, 3) are provided, said body being in one piece, the chambers (2, 3) being separated by a wall (54) formed by folding a punched sheet portion (50) which also defines a face (11) of the body (10) of the container (1).
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