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Double-ended lancet, method and lancet device using the double-ended lancet, and method of assembling and/or making the double-ended lancet

  • US 8,303,614 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2005
  • Issued: 11/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A double-ended lancet unit for a lancet device, the unit comprising:

  • a lancet body having a first end and a second end and being sized and configured to frictionally engage with a holding member of the lancet device;

    at least one of;

    a first lancet needle projecting from the first end and a second lancet needle projecting from the second end; and

    a lancet needle member having oppositely arranged pointed ends and being movably mounted to the lancet body;

    the lancet body being made of a material different from that of the first and second needles or the pointed ends;

    first and second removable caps respectively removably connected to the first and second ends; and

    at least one of the first and second removable caps being re-installable on one of the first and second ends of the double-ended lancet unit,wherein the double-ended lancet unit is installable on the lancet device and each of the first and second lancet needles or the pointed ends is structured and arranged to prick a user'"'"'s skin to obtain a blood sample and is not usable for fluid injection.

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