Lancet dispenser
First Claim
1. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
- a lancing device configured to receive a lancet; and
a lancet magazine configured to store a plurality of lancets, the lancet magazine including a housing that defines an interior space, an opening though which a portion of the lancing device is inserted such that the portion is within the interior space to remove the lancet, and a transport device configured to move within the interior space to transport the lancet toward a removal position.
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Accused Products
Abstract
A system suitable for collecting a body fluid, in particular blood from a body region of a person to be examined which comprises a lancing device which is suitable for holding a lancet, a lancet magazine for storing two or several lancets which has a transport device for the lancets and has an opening into which the lancing device can be inserted to remove a lancet from the lancet magazine, and two or several lancets, and which comprises a method for removing a lancet from a lancet magazine in which a lancet located in the lancet magazine is manually or automatically transported into a removal position in the interior of the lancet magazine, a lancing device is partially inserted into the opening provided in the lancet magazine in the process of which the lancing device automatically grips the lancet located in the removal position when it is partially inserted and the lancing device with the gripped lancet is removed from the lancet magazine.
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Citations
35 Claims
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1. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
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a lancing device configured to receive a lancet; and a lancet magazine configured to store a plurality of lancets, the lancet magazine including a housing that defines an interior space, an opening though which a portion of the lancing device is inserted such that the portion is within the interior space to remove the lancet, and a transport device configured to move within the interior space to transport the lancet toward a removal position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
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a lancing device; and a lancet magazine including a housing that defines an interior space, a plurality of lancets disposed within the interior space, and a transport device at least partially enclosed within the interior space, the transport device being configured to engage one lancet to move another lancet toward a removal position wherein the other lancet is substantially enclosed within the interior space and situated for engagement with the lancing device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
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a lancing device; and a lancet magazine including a housing configured to store a plurality of lancets, and a transport device coupled to the housing, the transport device being configured to move each lancet in a first direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lancet toward a removal position wherein the lancet is positioned to engage the lancing device, each lancet remaining in a fixed orientation relative to the first direction until after engagement with the lancing device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
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a lancing device configured to receive a lancet; and a lancet magazine including a housing, a plurality of lancets stored within the housing, each lancet including a body, and a transport device engaging at least one lancet to urge another lancet toward a removal position wherein the body of the other lancet is entirely enclosed within the housing. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
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a lancing device configured to receive a lancet; and a lancet magazine including a housing configured to store a plurality of lancets, each of the lancets having a body, a needle attached to the body, and a protective sheath over the needle, and a transport device coupled to the housing, the transport device being configured to move each of the lancets toward a removal position for coupling with the lancing device.
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35. A system for collecting bodily fluid, including:
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a lancing device having a tip and a flexible holding tongue disposed within the tip, the tongue including a barb for engaging a lancet; and a lancet magazine including a housing configured to store a plurality of lancets, and a transport device disposed within the housing, the transport device being configured to transport each of the lancets toward a removal position wherein the lancet is positioned adjacent an opening in the housing configured to receive the lancing device tip such that the barb of the flexible holding tongue engages the lancet, thereby coupling the lancet to the lancing device.
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Specification