Magazine for annulary capillary lancets
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1. Device for receiving a body fluid for analytical purposes comprising:
- a container;
at least one sample receiving unit for a single-use test that can be pushed out of a guide chamber of the container by means of a drive unit and to which the body fluid can be applied at a receiving site;
wherein the container is designed as a magazine for storing a plurality of sample receiving units;
a lancing unit constructed as a lancet is integrated in the sample receiving unit to carry out a lancing movement towards a body part of a test person;
means for separately retracting the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit into the guide chamber;
wherein the means for separately retracting the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit includes a double plunger incorporated into the drive unit;
the double plunger having an inner plunger received inside an outer plunger in a telescoping manner;
the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit each having holding claws configured to move in a clamping manner to couple the sample receiving unit to the drive unit for a forwards and backwards movement between the guide chamber and the receiving site;
the guide channel having outer guide blocks positioned to clamp the holding claws of the sampling unit to the outer plunger when the outer plunger is extended; and
the sample receiving unit having inner guide blocks positioned to clamp the holding claws of the lancing unit to the inner plunger when the inner plunger is extended.
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Abstract
A device for receiving a body fluid for analysis, comprising a container and at least one sample-receiving unit which can be impinged upon by the body fluid at a receiving point and which can be extracted from a guide chamber of the container by means of a drive unit. According to the invention, a coupling device is provided in order to couple the sample receiving unit to the drive unit to ensure back and forth movement between the guide chamber and the receiving point.
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1. Device for receiving a body fluid for analytical purposes comprising:
- a container;
at least one sample receiving unit for a single-use test that can be pushed out of a guide chamber of the container by means of a drive unit and to which the body fluid can be applied at a receiving site;
wherein the container is designed as a magazine for storing a plurality of sample receiving units;a lancing unit constructed as a lancet is integrated in the sample receiving unit to carry out a lancing movement towards a body part of a test person; means for separately retracting the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit into the guide chamber;
wherein the means for separately retracting the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit includes a double plunger incorporated into the drive unit;the double plunger having an inner plunger received inside an outer plunger in a telescoping manner; the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit each having holding claws configured to move in a clamping manner to couple the sample receiving unit to the drive unit for a forwards and backwards movement between the guide chamber and the receiving site; the guide channel having outer guide blocks positioned to clamp the holding claws of the sampling unit to the outer plunger when the outer plunger is extended; and the sample receiving unit having inner guide blocks positioned to clamp the holding claws of the lancing unit to the inner plunger when the inner plunger is extended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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9. Device for receiving a body fluid for analytical purposes comprising a container and at least one sample receiving unit for a single-use test that can be pushed out of a guide chamber of the container by means of a drive unit and to which the body fluid can be applied at a receiving site, wherein a lancing unit is integrated into the sample receiving unit to carry out a lancing movement towards a body part containing the body fluid;
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wherein the drive unit has a double plunger that can be longitudinally moved therein to separately extend and retract the sample receiving unit and lancing unit; the double plunger having an inner plunger received inside an outer plunger in a telescoping manner; the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit each having holding claws configured to move in a clamping manner; the guide channel having guide blocks positioned to clamp the holding claws of the sampling unit to the outer plunger when the outer plunger is extended; and the sample receiving unit having guide blocks positioned to clamp the holding claws of the lancing unit to the inner plunger when the inner plunger is extended. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 25)
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26. A device for receiving a body fluid for analytical purposes, comprising:
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a container defining one or more guide chambers; a unitary disposable received in each of the guide chambers, the disposable including a sample receiving unit integrated with a lancing unit, the lancing unit being moveable relative to the sample receiving unit; a drive unit configured to extend and retract the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit in a separate manner relative to the guide chamber; a coupling device configured to couple the drive unit and the disposable in a form fitting manner to facilitate the extension and retraction of the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit in the separate manner; and wherein the coupling device includes holding claws on both the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit configured to move in a clamping manner. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method, comprising:
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coupling a drive unit to a sample receiving unit that includes an integrated lancing unit by coupling the drive unit in a form fitting manner to at least the lancing unit, wherein the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit are integrated together to form a unitary disposable; extending the sample receiving unit out of a guide chamber of a container with a drive unit; cutting an incision in skin with the lancing unit by extending the lancing unit from the sample receiving unit with the drive unit; retracting the lancet from the incision with the drive unit; collecting body fluid from the incision with the sample receiving element after said retracting the lancet; retracting the sample receiving unit into the guide chamber with the drive unit after said collecting the body fluid; wherein said coupling the drive unit to the sample receiving unit further includes coupling the drive unit in a form fitting manner to the sample receiving unit; wherein the drive unit includes a double plunger that has an inner plunger received inside an outer plunger in a telescoping manner; wherein the sample receiving unit and the lancing unit each have holding claws configured to move in a clamping manner; wherein the guide channel and the sample receiving unit each have guide blocks; and wherein said coupling the drive unit to the sample receiving unit includes clamping the holding clamps of the lancing unit to the inner plunger with the guide blocks in the sample receiving unit by extending the inner plunger, and clamping the holding clamps of the sampling unit to the outer plunger with the guide blocks in the guide channel by extending the outer plunger. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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