DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCED-PAIN BLOOD SAMPLING
First Claim
1. A medical device for a blood test, the device comprising:
- (i) a housing defining a finger site for supporting a user'"'"'s finger or a portion thereof within said finger site during the device operation;
(ii) piercing, sampling and testing assemblies sequentially actuatable to successively initiate piercing, sampling and testing operational modes of the device;
(iii) a carriage at least partially accommodated within said housing and being adapted for movement with respect to said finger site between its first position corresponding to the piercing mode of the device and a second position corresponding to the sampling and testing modes of the device, the device being thereby capable of operating in the piercing, sampling and testing modes while at a static position of the user'"'"'s finger.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and devices are provided for invasive reduced-pain blood sampling and testing, the devices including, a horizontally-disposed finger support element configured to support the finger thereupon, a finger holding element adapted, in a closed position, to radially grip the finger on said support element near to a tip thereof and configured to force blood into said tip, a lancet housing element disposed vertically underneath the finger support element for piercing the finger tip with a lancet while said finger tip is gripped by said finger holding element and supported by said finger support element; and a test strip conveying element adapted to be received by the finger support element after retraction of the lancet housing element thereby bringing a test strip into direct contact with a predetermined volume of blood from said finger support element thereby effecting a blood test.
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1. A medical device for a blood test, the device comprising:
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(i) a housing defining a finger site for supporting a user'"'"'s finger or a portion thereof within said finger site during the device operation; (ii) piercing, sampling and testing assemblies sequentially actuatable to successively initiate piercing, sampling and testing operational modes of the device; (iii) a carriage at least partially accommodated within said housing and being adapted for movement with respect to said finger site between its first position corresponding to the piercing mode of the device and a second position corresponding to the sampling and testing modes of the device, the device being thereby capable of operating in the piercing, sampling and testing modes while at a static position of the user'"'"'s finger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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21. A medical device for a blood test, the device comprising:
- a housing defining a finger site for supporting a user'"'"'s finger or a portion thereof within said finger site during the device operation, and piercing, sampling and testing assemblies at least partially accommodated in said housing, wherein
the piercing assembly comprises a piercing element movable towards and away from the finger site accessing the finger via an orifice in said finger site to perform piercing; the sampling assembly comprises a blood holding element, which comprises a hollow liquid reservoir for collecting blood freely flowing from the orifice, said liquid reservoir comprising a bottom plate movable between its first position, in which it is aligned with side walls of the reservoir, corresponding to a closed state of the reservoir keeping collected blood in the reservoir, and a second position, in which it is misaligned with the side walls corresponding to an open state of the reservoir allowing blood flow from the reservoir onto a test strip of the testing assembly.
- a housing defining a finger site for supporting a user'"'"'s finger or a portion thereof within said finger site during the device operation, and piercing, sampling and testing assemblies at least partially accommodated in said housing, wherein
- 22. A device for use in a blood test, the device comprising a finger holding element configured to be fit on the finger such as to apply certain pressure to the finger, said finger holder comprising a band operable to be shifted from its open inoperative position to a closed-loop operative position in which it fits the finger, said band when in the operative position thereof applies the pressure to the finger while preventing over-pressing of the finger, thereby reducing pain associated with the blood test.
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