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Lancet removal tool

  • US 8,216,263 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2009
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • a lancet device;

    at least one lancet for use with the lancet device and removable therefrom; and

    a tool for removing the at least one lancet from the lancet device, the tool comprising a hollow body having an expandable opening at a distal end thereof defined by at least one resilient wall portion, wherein the opening is outwardly expandable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition under the resilient action of the at least one resilient wall portion, wherein a transverse dimension of the opening is smaller than a transverse dimension of the lancet when in the unexpanded condition and encases the transverse dimension of the lancet when in the expanded condition, and wherein the tool comprises a removable cap at a proximal end of the hollow body.

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