Combined lancing and auxiliary device

• US 20060100655A1
• Filed: 10/28/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lifescan Incorporated (Duv Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lifescan Incorporated (Duv Holding Corporation)
• Inventors: Leong, Koon-Wah, Olson, Lorin P., Talreja, Priya
• Application Number:
  US10/975,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20060100655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/181
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15186 Devices loaded with a single lancet, i.e. a single lancet with or without a casing is loaded into a reusable drive device and then discarded after use; drive devices reloadable for multiple use

Abstract

A combined lancing and auxiliary device includes a lancing device with a lancing auxiliary device attached thereto. The lancing auxiliary device can be, for example, a compartment for securely and removably containing items associated or unassociated with lancing, a timer or personal digital assistant device for assisting in documentation, or an illumination device for illuminating a target site. The lancing auxiliary device can be permanently or removably attached to the lancing device.

Claims

1. A combined lancing and auxiliary device comprising:

a lancing device; and

a lancing auxiliary device attached to the lancing device.

2. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the lancing auxiliary device is permanently attached to the lancing device.

3. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the lancing auxiliary device is detachably attached to the lancing device.

4. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is a compartment for securely and removably retaining items.

5. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 4, wherein the compartment is configured for securely and removably retaining items related to the use of the lancing device.

6. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 5, wherein the compartment is configured for securely and removably retaining at least one of lancets and test strips.

7. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is an illumination device.

8. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is a timing device.

9. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is a personal digital assistant device.

10. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is any combination of an illumination device, a timing device, a personal digital assistant device and a compartment for securely and removably retaining items related to the use of the lancing device.

11. The combined lancing and auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the lancing device includes:

a housing;

a moveable lancet holder disposed within the housing and configured to hold a lancet;

a launching mechanism disposed within the housing, the launching mechanism including;

a launch spring; and

a retraction spring

an arming mechanism disposed partially within the housing; and

a trigger mechanism disposed partially within the housing,

wherein the lancet holder, launching mechanism, arming mechanism and trigger mechanism are operatively connected to lance a target site with a lancet held by the moveable lancet holder, and

wherein the launch spring and retraction spring are configured in an essentially concentric arrangement.