Glucose test device

• US 9,463,463 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skyla Corporation (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Electronics Company Limited (Lite-On Technology Corporation), Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: He, Sz-Shian, Wei, Chia-Chun, Chen, Hung-Wei, Hu, Wei-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): SIEFKE, SAMUEL P
• Application Number:
  US14/306,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20150298130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1411 by percutaneous method, e.g. by lancet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150267 Modular design or construction, i.e. subunits are assembled separately before being joined together or the device comprises interchangeable or detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150328 by aseptic fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150412 Pointed piercing elements, e.g. needles, lancets for piercing the skin blade-like piercing elements A61B5/150442
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150503 Single-ended needles hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396, needle sets for catheters A61M25/06, needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150572 Pierceable protectors, e.g. shields, caps, sleeves or films, e.g. for hygienic purposes
• 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 5/15115 Driving means for propelling the piercing element to pierce the skin, e.g. comprising mechanisms based on shape memory alloys, magnetism, solenoids, piezoelectric effect, biased elements, resilient elements, vacuum or compressed fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15151 Each piercing element being stocked in a separate isolated compartment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15163 Characterized by propelling the piercing element in an axial direction relative to the disc
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15176 Stocking means comprising cap, cover, sheath or protection for aseptic stocking
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15184 Piercing device comprising a separate compartment or unit for used piercing elements separate compartments for used piercing elements in stocking means A61B5/15178
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0609 Holders integrated in container to position an object

Abstract

A glucose test device and its carrying unit are provided. The glucose test device includes a housing, the carrying unit, a first push rod, and a second push rod. The carrying unit is detachably assembled in the housing. The carrying unit includes a first cartridge, lancets, a second cartridge, and strips. The first cartridge has first perforated grooves, and the lancets are slidably disposed in the first perforated grooves respectively. The second cartridge is adjacent to the first cartridge, and the second cartridge has second perforated grooves. The strips are slidably disposed in the second perforated grooves respectively. The first push rod as corresponding to the first cartridge is movably disposed in the housing. The second push rod as corresponding to the second cartridge is movably disposed in the housing, wherein the first push rod is parallel to the second push rod.

Claims

1. A glucose test device, comprising:

a housing;

a carrying unit detachably assembled in the housing, the carrying unit comprising;

a first cartridge, comprising;

a first body, having a plurality of first perforated grooves;

a carrier movably disposed in the first body; and

an elastic element sleeved on a pillar portion of the carrier and abutted between the carrier and the first body;

a plurality of lancets slidably disposed in the first perforated grooves respectively, and each of the lancets leaned against the carrier respectively;

a second cartridge adjacent to the first cartridge, and the second cartridge having a plurality of second perforated grooves; and

a plurality of strips slidably disposed in the second perforated grooves respectively;

a first push rod as corresponding to the first cartridge being movably disposed in the housing; and

a second push rod as corresponding to the second cartridge being movably disposed in the housing, wherein the first push rod is parallel to the second push rod.

2. The glucose test device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first cartridge is pivoted in the housing along a first axis, and the second cartridge is pivoted in the housing along a second axis parallel to the first axis, the first perforated grooves surround the first axis and are equidistantly arranged on the first cartridge, the second perforated grooves surround the second axis and are equidistantly arranged on the second cartridge, and an amount of the first perforated grooves and an amount of the second perforated grooves are equal, wherein when the first cartridge rotates in relative to the housing along the first axis to align one of the first perforated grooves with the first push rod, the first push rod moves into the said first perforated groove towards a firing direction parallel to the first axis, and a needle portion of the lancet in the said first perforated groove is pushed out of the first cartridge by the first push rod, wherein when the second cartridge rotates in relative to the housing along the second axis to align one of the second perforated grooves with the second push rod, the second push rod moves into the said second perforated groove towards a firing direction, and the strip in the said second perforated groove is pushed out of the second cartridge by the second push rod,

and wherein a line-up order of the said first perforated groove on the first cartridge matches a line-up order of the said second perforated groove on the second cartridge.

3. The glucose test device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first cartridge is assembled with the second cartridge to constitute a main cartridge body, the main cartridge body is pivoted in the housing along a main axis, the first perforated grooves and the second perforated grooves are concentrically arranged on the main cartridge body, the first perforated grooves are located on a half of the main cartridge body, and the second perforated grooves are located on another half of the main cartridge body.

4. The glucose test device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first cartridge has a plurality of slots, the second cartridge has a plurality of hooks disposed corresponding to the slots, and the hooks are respectively engaged in the slots so as to fix the first cartridge and the second cartridge.

5. The glucose test device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first perforated grooves surround the main axis and are equidistantly arranged on the first cartridge, the second perforated grooves surround the main axis and are equidistantly arranged on the second cartridge, and an amount of the first perforated grooves and an amount of the second perforated grooves are equal.

6. The glucose test device as recited in claim 5, wherein the first push rod and the second push rod are respectively located at opposite corners of the main cartridge body.

7. The glucose test device as recited in claim 6, wherein the main cartridge body is configured to rotate in relative to the housing along the main axis to align one of the first perforated grooves with the first push rod and one of the second perforated grooves with the second push rod, the first push rod moves into the said first perforated groove towards a firing direction parallel to the main axis, a needle portion of the lancet in the said first perforated groove is pushed out of the first cartridge by the first push rod, the second push rod moves into the said second perforated groove towards the firing direction, and the strip in the said second perforated groove is pushed out of the second cartridge by the second push rod, wherein a line-up order of the said first perforated groove on the first cartridge matches a line-up order of the said second perforated groove on the second cartridge,

wherein the first perforated grooves and the second perforated grooves are radially arranged on the main cartridge body along the counter-clockwise direction, and the main cartridge body rotates in relative to the housing along the clockwise direction, or wherein the first perforated grooves and the second perforated grooves are radially arranged on the main cartridge body along the clockwise direction, and the main cartridge body rotates in relative to the housing along the counter-clockwise direction.

8. The glucose test device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first cartridge further comprises:

a first cover and a second cover respectively disposed in two opposite sides of the first body, and the first cover and the second cover respectively having a plurality of through holes corresponding to the first perforated grooves; and

a buffer layer disposed between the second cover and the first body for separating the through holes on the second cover from the first perforated grooves.

9. The glucose test device as recited in claim 1, wherein the second cartridge comprises:

a second body, the second perforated grooves disposed at the second body; and

two film layers respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the second body for covering the second perforated grooves.

10. The glucose test device as recited in claim 1, wherein the carrying unit further comprises:

a third cartridge having a plurality of third perforated grooves, the glucose test device further comprising a third push rod parallel to the first push rod, wherein the third push rod as corresponding to the third cartridge is movably disposed in the housing, the first cartridge, the second cartridge and the third cartridge are assembled with each other to constitute a main cartridge body, and the main cartridge body is pivoted in the housing along a main axis; and

a plurality of supplementary elements slidably disposed in the third perforated grooves respectively.

11. The glucose test device as recited in claim 10, wherein the first perforated grooves surround the main axis and are equidistantly arranged on the first cartridge, the second perforated grooves surround the main axis and are equidistantly arranged on the second cartridge, the third perforated grooves surround the main axis and are equidistantly arranged on the third cartridge, and an amount of the first perforated grooves, an amount of the second perforated grooves and an amount of the third perforated grooves are equal, wherein a distance between the first push rod and the second push rod, a distance between the second push rod and the third push rod and a distance between the third push rod and the first push rod are equal to each other, wherein when the main cartridge body rotates in relative to the housing along the main axis to align one of the first perforated grooves with first push rod, one of the second perforated grooves with the second push rod, and one of the third perforated grooves with the third push rod, the first push rod moves into the said first perforated groove towards a firing direction parallel to the main axis, a needle portion of the lancet in the said first perforated groove is pushed out of the first cartridge by the first push rod, the second push rod moves into the said second perforated groove towards the firing direction, the strip in the said second perforated groove is pushed out of the second cartridge by the second push rod, the third push rod moves into the said third perforated groove towards the firing direction, and the supplementary element in the said third perforated groove is pushed out of the third cartridge by the third push rod, wherein a line-up order of the said first perforated groove on the first cartridge, a line-up order of the said second perforated groove on the second cartridge and a line-up order of the said third perforated groove on the third cartridge are matched with each other.

12. The glucose test device as recited in claim 1, wherein a holder portion of each of the lancets leaned against the carrier respectively and when a needle portion of any one of the lancets moves out of the first body toward a firing direction, the carrier pushed by the said lancet moves towards the firing direction and compresses the elastic element, wherein an elastic restoring force of the elastic element is adapted to drive the carrier to move towards a direction opposite to the firing direction so as to recover the said lancet back into the first body.

13. The glucose test device as recited in claim 12, wherein the holder portion of each of the lancets has a protruding portion, and each of the protruding portions is respectively positioned in one of a plurality of notches of the carrier, so that each of the lancets abuts against the carrier respectively.

14. The glucose test device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first cartridge and the second cartridge are semicylindrical in shapes.