Automatic safe disposable blood sampling device of casing self-locking type

• US 7,322,997 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2004
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guoping Shi
• Original Assignee: Guoping Shi
• Inventors: Shi, Guoping
• Primary Examiner(s): Dawson; Glenn K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT
• Application Number:
  US11/018,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20050234487A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,134 Days
• Field of Search: 606/167, 606/170, 606/172, 606181-185, 600/583
• US Class Current: 606/181
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150435 Specific design of proximal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150564 Protectors removed by pulling or pushing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150916 by blocking components, e.g. piston, driving device or fluid passageway
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15113 Manually triggered, i.e. the triggering requires a deliberate action by the user such as pressing a drive button
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15117 comprising biased elements, resilient elements or a spring, e.g. a helical spring, leaf spring, or elastic strap
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1513 comprising linear sliding guides comprising tooth-shaped elements A61B5/15132
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15142 Devices intended for single use, i.e. disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15144 comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for retracting the piercing unit into the housing

Abstract

An automatic safe disposable blood sampling device includes a casing with a launching chamber formed therein. The launching chamber has a lancet needle-exiting hole at a front end thereof; a lancet needle arranged inside the launching chamber; a spring; a launching mechanism composed of the spring and a catch-launching mechanism; a press-launching mechanism provided on the casing; and a self-locking mechanism composed of barbs provided on the press-launching mechanism and self-locking hooks or notches provided on the casing which engage corresponding barbs. When pressed, the press-launching mechanism triggers the catch-launching mechanism, to disengage the lancet needle from the casing. The spring pushes the lancet needle so as to launch the lancet needle. During forward movement of the press-launching mechanism, the barbs pass across the self-locking hooks or notches. In the process of retraction, the barbs are locked with the self-locking hooks or notches and cannot return to their initial states.

Claims

1. A casing self-locking type of automatic safe blood sampling device, comprising:

a casing formed with a launching chamber therein, the launching chamber being provided with a lancet needle-exiting hole at a front end thereof;

a lancet needle arranged inside the launching chamber;

a spring;

a launching mechanism composed of the spring and a catch-launching mechanism;

a press-launching mechanism provided on the casing; and

a self-locking mechanism composed of barbs provided on the press-launching mechanism and self-locking hooks or self-locking notches provided on the casing corresponding to the barbs, the self-locking hooks or self-locking notches being located on paths along which the barbs are advanced, respectively, wherein the press-launching mechanism is configured to be a press button for launching which is provided on a side of the blood sampling device, and the press button being formed into a first elastic arm mounted on or extended integrally from a side of the casing, and wherein the barbs are provided on the press button and the self-locking hooks or self-locking notches being provided on the casing at positions corresponding to those of the barbs, respectively, wherein;

the catch-launching mechanism comprises a second elastic arm extended from the casing, the first elastic arm, and a blocking notch formed in the lancet needle, wherein;

the second elastic arm and the blocking notch are located on one same side of the casing;

the second elastic arm is inclined towards inside of the launching chamber;

a cantilever end of the second elastic arm can be engaged with the blocking notch so as to form a locking structure; and

the first elastic arm is located on the other side of the casing and functioned as the press button for launching;

an extension section of the first elastic arm passes across the launching chamber so as to contact or be close to the cantilever end of the second elastic arm;

the barbs are provided on the extension section of the first elastic arm; and

the self-locking hooks or self-locking notches are provided on an inner wall of the casing at positions corresponding to those of the barbs, respectively.

2. The blood sampling device according to the claim 1, wherein:

the extension section of the first elastic arm has an inversed U-shape, the lancet needle is located between two legs of the inversed U-shape extension section, distal ends of the two legs are brought into contact with or come close to the cantilever end of the second elastic arm, the barbs are provided on outer sides of the two legs and the self-locking hooks or self-locking notches are provided on an inner wall of the casing at positions corresponding to those of the barbs, respectively.

3. The blood sampling device according to the claim 2, further comprising:

an elongated lancet needle cap which is fitted over a front portion of the lancet needle and extends out of the needle-exiting hole, wherein the lancet needle has a first locking section and a second locking section, a bottom side of the second locking section is inclined in a direction along which the second elastic arm is inclined, a cross-section of the second locking section has substantially the same width from top to bottom, widths of the gaps formed between two sides of the second locking section and the inner wall of the casing respectively are smaller than that of the two legs of the inversed U-shape extension section, so that when the position of the second locking section corresponds to that of the inversed U-shape extension section, the inversed U-shape extension section can not be moved downwards so as to engage and lock with the self-locking hooks on the inner wall of the casing;

width of a cross-section of the first locking section is smaller than that of the cross-section of the second locking section and widths of the gaps formed between two sides of the first locking section and the inner wall of the casing respectively are smaller than that of the two legs of the inversed U-shape extension section, so that when the position of the first locking section is corresponding to that of the inversed U-shape extension section, the inversed U-shape extension section can be moved downwards so as to engage and lock with the self-locking hooks on the inner wall of the casing.

4. The blood sampling device according to the claim 1, wherein:

the press-launching mechanism is formed into a sliding sleeve provided on one end of the blood sampling device, the sliding sleeve is a part of the casing and slid over another part of the casing, the barbs are provided on the sliding sleeve and the self-locking hooks or self-locking notches are provided on the casing at positions corresponding to those of the barbs.