Lancet removal mechanism for blood sampling device

• US 9,763,612 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medifun Corporation
• Original Assignee: Medifun Corporation
• Inventors: Siao, Shao-Lun
• Primary Examiner(s): MILES, JONATHAN WADE
• Application Number:
  US14/623,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20150272616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/34 Trocars; Puncturing needles pointed biopsy instruments A61B10/0233; devices for piercing the ear-lobes A44C7/001; seals or hemostasis valves A61M39/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• 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 5/15113 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 5/1519 comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for propelling the piercing unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15194 fully automatically retracted, i.e. the retraction does not require a deliberate action by the user, e.g. by terminating the contact with the patient's skin

Abstract

A lancet removal mechanism for a blood sampling device contains: a stop assembly, a trigger unit, and a control button. The stop assembly includes an inner protrusion. The trigger unit includes a lancet holder and a triggering shaft, wherein the lancet holder is fixed in the stop assembly and has an outer protrusion formed on an outer wall thereof to engage with the inner protrusion of the stop assembly, the lancet holder has an orifice defined therein, and the orifice has a first inner shoulder arranged on a top end thereof, the triggering shaft extends into the orifice of the lancet holder and has a first outer shoulder for engaging with the first inner shoulder of the lancet holder. Furthermore, the control button is fitted on a top end of the triggering shaft.

Claims

1. A lancet removal mechanism for a blood sampling device comprising:

a stop assembly including an inner protrusion;

a trigger unit including a lancet holder and a triggering shaft, wherein the lancet holder is fixed in the stop assembly and has an outer protrusion formed on an outer wall thereof to engage with the inner protrusion of the stop assembly, the lancet holder has an orifice defined therein, and the orifice has a first inner shoulder arranged on a top end thereof, the triggering shaft extends into the orifice of the lancet holder and has a first outer shoulder for engaging with the first inner shoulder of the lancet holder; and

a control button fitted on a top end of the triggering shaft, wherein the stop assembly includes a connector and a rotating tube, the connector has a through hole defined therein to insert the lancet holder, the rotating tube has the inner protrusion and is rotatably fitted with the connector between a first position and a second position, such that when the rotating tube is located at the first position, the inner protrusion of the rotating tube engages with the outer protrusion of the lancet holder, and when the rotating tube is located at the second position, the inner protrusion of the rotating tube disengages from the outer protrusion of the lancet holder.

2. The lancet removal mechanism for the blood sampling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lancet holder further has a cutout defined on the outer protrusion, such that when the rotating tube is located at the first position, the inner protrusion of the rotating tube inserts into the cutout of the lancet holder to engage with the outer protrusion of the lancet holder, and when the rotating tube is located at the second position, the inner protrusion of the rotating tube moves away from the cutout of the lancet holder to separate from the outer protrusion of the lancet holder.

3. The lancet removal mechanism for the blood sampling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a top end of the triggering shaft extends out of the orifice of the lancet holder, and the triggering shaft has a second outer shoulder, the control button includes has a second inner shoulder for engaging with the second outer shoulder of the triggering shaft.

4. The lancet removal mechanism for the blood sampling device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the control button includes a housing and a pushing member, and the housing has an aperture, the pushing member is fixed in the aperture of the housing and is fitted on the top end of the triggering shaft, wherein the pushing member has the second inner shoulder formed on an inner wall thereof.

5. The lancet removal mechanism for the blood sampling device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the aperture of the housing has two opposite locking portions arranged on an inner wall thereof, the pushing member also has a loop and two extensions, and the loop has a second inner shoulder formed on an inner wall thereof, wherein the two extensions extend outwardly from an outer wall of the loop, and each extension has a retaining portion for engaging with each locking portion of the housing.

6. The lancet removal mechanism for the blood sampling device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the trigger unit further includes a cap for fitting with the top end of the triggering shaft, and the control button further includes a resilient returning element fitted on the triggering shaft and abutting against the loop of the pushing member and the cap.